The Czech Republic is a parliamentary and multi-party democracy. Legislative power is held by the
\nParliament, a bilateral body composed of the Senate, also called the upper house and the Chamber of
\nDeputies, or also called the lower house. The election of the Chamber of Deputies which will take place on
\n8 and 9 October is significant because from this the government is formed which, unlike the Senate, has
\nwider powers. Compared to previous years, the elections in the Czech Republic started earlier this year.
\nMost of the voters will go to the polls on Friday 8 October from 2 to 10 pm and Saturday 9 October from 8
\nto 2 pm. Ten and a half million citizens are preparing to go to the polls for a parliamentary election that will
\nbe marked by the consequences of the pandemic. Czech voters have the option of four preferential votes
\nwithin a party’s candidate list. The Czech Republic is divided into 14 constituencies, which correspond to
\nthe regions and the capital Prague. Czech legislation does not provide for forms of remote or postal voting.
\nForeign voters do not have their own constituency but their votes are merged with one of the regions
\nchosen by drawing lots. This year they will be counted in the \u00dast\u00ed nad Labem region.<\/p>\n
In elections, parties must get at least 5 percent of the overall votes to get a seat in the Chamber of
\nDeputies, if no party has more than 50 percent of the vote, the president usually asks the leader of the
\nparty with the most votes to enter into negotiations with other parties to form a coalition government with
\na parliamentary majority. According to most polls, the party hovering around the five percent threshold to
\nenter the Chamber of Deputies is that of the Social Democrats. While, polls point out that the Czech
\nCommunist Party risks exclusion in the elections in the Czech Republic on 8 and 9 October due to lack of
\nconsensus, from the parliament of the Central European Republic, the first time in the last seventy-five
\nyears, given that the party was a major player in the Cold War. These elections will bring an important vote
\nthat comes four years after the previous one, held in 2017, and 32 years after the so-called "Velvet
\nRevolution", or the political process that, between November and December 1989, led to the dissolution of
\nthe Communist state Czechoslovakian.<\/p>\n
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Polls show that the ANO party that still supports Czech membership of the EU is firmly in the lead. It is led
\nby current Prime Minister Andrej Babi\u0161, the fifth richest person in the Czech Republic, a controversial leader
\ndue to alleged conflicts of interest and the subject of an ongoing police investigation into alleged EU
\nsubsidy fraud. The party tends to focus on reducing the cost of living and promoting individual economic
\nwell-being through tax cuts, family subsidies, and pension reforms.
\nThis is followed by the SPOLU coalitions made up of three distinct groups, united in their dislike of the
\ncurrent government led by Andrej Babi\u0161 and Pirates + STAN which are socially liberal, and strongly anti-
\ncorruption, who fight for a modernization of the Czech Republic, believing that a greater application of
\nmodern technologies will lead to a better quality of life.
\nThe SPD party is an anti-immigrant, anti-EU and isolationist political party led by Tomio Okamura, it is one
\nof the most controversial political forces in the Czech Republic, but polls show that it enjoys steadily
\nincreasing support.
\nThe ANO parties, communist and SPD, adopt a traditionalist and anti-globalist position. On the contrary, the
\nPirates and the SPOLU coalition advocate closer integration into Western institutions such as the EU and
\nNATO, and take a more favorable stance for multiculturalism in the Czech Republic.<\/p>\n
Source: expats.cz; camic.cz; ansa.it;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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