Pull, communist! the crowd shouted at Pirate during the formation of the new coalition of Prague 1
How was the political map of Prague 1 redrawn?
Declaration of a new coalition
“The program statement of the new council will be approved and published within a maximum of two months. The new leadership team differs from the dismissed council led by former mayor Pavel Čižinský, who did not have his specific public program document, “said WE, WHAT WE LIVE HERE, ODS, TOP 09 and YES 2011 in a joint statement.
“It simply came to our notice then. The managerial failure of the current mayor Pavel Čižinský caused a coalition crisis, which we approached correctly. Unfortunately, even three weeks after the start of the conciliation procedure, there was no self-reflection or offer from our current partners, “said Hejma (STAN) before the signing of the coalition agreement and the representatives’ meeting.
It was Hejma, who was already the mayor of Prague 1 in the years 2006 – 2009 in the colors of the ODS and held the post of deputy mayor in the Čižinský coalition, who became the new leader of the first city district. Čižinský from the Prague 1 movement, which won last year’s municipal elections, blames his successor for the current situation at the town hall. “There was an atmosphere of distrust of officials and an effort to import educational methods from Prague 7,” Hejma said.
He will steal from the town hall again, says the Pirates
The still coalition Pirates also had serious reservations about the Čižin administration of the official apparatus. However, they refer to the latest reports as the “return of old times.” And they warn that the town hall will “steal again, distribute the apartments of the city district below the price to friends, or rent non-residential premises for games or nightclubs.”
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According to the ending pirate deputy mayor Pavel Nazarsky, his council was able to “move the city district from the dubious practices of ‘ninety entrepreneurs’ to the 21st century, thanks to the municipality’s helpful approach.” Hejma and his new partners consider these warnings a senseless scare. According to him, projects aimed at eliminating the negative effects of tourism or gambling, efforts to cultivate Wenceslas Square and also to calm traffic will continue. “But we intend to go with this goal more thoughtfully and in dialogue with the inhabitants,” Hejma added.
In addition to Hejma from his club, the new deputy mayor Petr Burgr (KDU-ČSL) and well-known choreographer and director Michal Caban for the Citizens’ Initiative will sit on the new seven-member board. The ODS will be represented by Deputy Mayor Eva Špačková, who will be in charge of education, and Richard Bureš, who will be in charge of transport. One representative will have TOP 09 (Jan Votoček) and YES (Karel Grabein Procházka).
A narrow majority of one vote
The new mayor Hejma will take the signed document according to his area of territorial development, construction, public order, crime prevention, communication with the public and also wanted to solve the Na Františku Hospital in cooperation with the capital’s management.
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In the 25-member council, the new coalition will have a thirteen majority, as it recently lost one. Martin Kotas, who won a mandate in the elections as a candidate for the We What We Live Here group, left the club after his colleagues ended their cooperation with the Čižinský Council. In addition to the councilors from Prague 1, Petr Kučera (Green for First Party) will also head to the opposition benches for himself and the Pirate Party.
The extraordinary meeting of the council, during which the changes were finally confirmed, was accompanied by great public interest. The meeting room in the Žofín Palace was filled with both supporters and opponents of Pavel Čižinský. The slogans on the banners shout “after the end of the Čižinský brothers’ mafia”. Others, on the other hand, stated: “We support the mayor of Čižinský”. Others, for example, called for “the continuation of privatization under clear conditions”.
Long-term disagreement. The coalition of four in Prague 1 is collapsing
Although there is no fixed item of civic interpellations on the agenda during the extraordinary meeting (until the regular meeting on January 21), at Tuesday’s meeting, the citizens of Prague 1 and politicians with priority rights could speak on a certain item on the agenda. Senators Václav Hampl, Ladislav Kos and Marek Hilšer also spoke as defenders of the current coalition.
“Employee agreement to distrust democratic mechanisms. I am sorry that the seemingly opposing parties have joined together, “said the former rector of Charles University and Professor Hampl, who was elected as independent with the support of the People’s Party and the Greens.
MP Michálek had a sharp verbal dispute
Jaroslava Janderová, chairwoman of the local ODS cell and representative of the capital, then criticized the mayor of Čižinský. “It shows how easy it is to tarnish a name through a hired clown on Facebook,” said Jander, who is accused of not reporting corruption to the building authority. “I can forgive, but I will find it very difficult to forgive you one thing, you have pitted the citizens of Prague 1 against each other. You dug a deep ditch that will be buried. You are not and you were not a good mayor of Prague 1, “added Janderová, who read the SMS messages, where she is trying to solve the situation.
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After her speech, when laughter and shouts echoed through the hall, President Hejm had to reassure the people: “Behave yourself, maintain dignity, please.” Even several city police officers supervised order.
MP Jakub Michálek (Pirates) later said that the agreement on a new coalition arose from unclear motives. He recalled the disintegration of the coalitions in Prague 4 and 5, where the government was also regrouped due to “unexpected mergers” of the ODS, TOP 09 and YES. He also warned against pro-Russian-style disinformation campaigns. According to Michálek, this campaign also penetrated the Prague 1 council, where a man with the banner “We are ashamed of you, Pavel” with the Pirate’s side logo came.
According to Michálek, he was not a member of the Pirate Party, but he was a provocateur. Because of this matter, the pirate MP got into a sharp verbal dispute with an older man. According to the Novinky website, the crowd shouted at the pirate MP: “Pull, communist. Go hang yourself. That’s like in 1948. Don’t cry! ”
We, what we do here
In favor of Čižinský et al. in any case, most of the large number of citizens registered for the discussion also spoke. “The success or failure of the coalition will lie on the shoulders of the three representatives from We who live here. And I can’t imagine that it will turn out well, “said one of the citizens’ speakers. According to another speaker, Hejm’s group is primarily defending the interests of entrepreneurs and should be renamed We, what we do here.
The discussion before the vote lasted over three hours. Hot topics such as short-term Airbnb rentals, parking or disturbing the night’s peace or increasing rents and privatization of municipal flats were addressed. The outgoing councilors praised the work done so far and called for their successors to continue the projects they had begun and the openness and transparency of the town hall.
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“People have believed that you have a magic wand and that you will solve all problems,” said Civic Democrat Bureš, who, according to his words, did not meet Mayor Čižinský at work. “We have the same long-term goal, we just chose different methods. Let’s behave politically and respect that a new coalition has been formed, “said the representative for the ODS, which ended up second in the municipal elections in the autumn of 2018 behind the winning movement Prague 1 itself.
After more than three hours, Mayor Čižinský also described Votoček’s explanatory memorandum on the dismissal of city councils as “absurd outrageous, which no one even takes seriously.” with citizens.
Today’s coup in Prague 1 speaks volumes for everyone: we must restore the credibility of politics in our country, adhere to words and basic principles. Civil society must be strong enough not only to bring about change, but also to sustain it. https://t.co/VxoO8yLaKW
– Jan Čižinský (@jancizinsky) January 14, 2020
Čižinský central also mentioned the fact that the former management of the city district (from which some politicians are returning to the city council) headed by the unpopular mayor Oldřich Lomecký (formerly TOP 09) is facing criminal prosecution for selling real estate below cost, which ODS and other members unlike in the case of Prime Minister Andrei Babiš (YES), parliamentary democratic parties do not mind.
His brother Jan, who is one of the municipal leaders and the head of the Prague movement himself, also defended Čižinský from a distance. It is difficult to say what this town hall shock will do with the already weak coalition of Pirates, the Čižin Movement and the United Forces for Prague (TOP 09, STAN, KDU-ČSL).
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