Small party nominates Klaus’s secretary for president
Publikováno 18.06.2012 v kategorii: Jakl President!

Prague, June 17 (CTK) – Ladislav Jakl, secretary to President Vaclav Klaus, was Sunday nominated for Czech president by the Party of Free Citizens (SSO), a small right-wing Eurosceptic group, SSO leader Petr Mach told CTK.

„I am pleased to win the party’s support for my presidential candidacy,“ Jakl said.

Mach said the SSO will now start collecting 50,000 signatures in support of Jakl’s candidacy, which is a precondition of his running in the direct election that will be held at the beginning of next year.

According to the SSO, the Czech Republic should leave the European Union, unless it succeeds in pushing through major changes to the EU.

Jakl, 52, heads the political department of the Presidential Office. He has been Klaus’s aide since 1997. He is known for his provocative statements.

Klaus will leave the presidential post in spring 2013.

Opinion polls show that the favourites of the election are Jan Fischer, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRB) vice-president and former caretaker cabinet head, Milos Zeman, former socialist chairman and prime minister, and Jan Svejnar, a U.S.-based economist who ran against Klaus in the 2008.

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