The Prague ODS is changing leadership. The portico will be replaced by the house matador Benda
The Assembly also nominated Zbyněk Stanjur, the first deputy chairman of the deputy, and the rank of deputy chairman of the Prague deputy, Zdeněk Zajíček, to the party chairman of its current leader, Petr Fiala. They will run for vote at the January ODS election congress.
“After the phenomenal election result of the Together coalition in the parliamentary elections in Prague, I consider it almost a duty to build on this success. It has clearly become clear that the Prague result is not just the sum of the preferences of the individual parties in the coalition, but that it brings something extra in the form of willingness across companies, including younger voters, to go and vote for a decent and united right, “said Benda.
According to the new chairman of the Prague organization, the party must focus on the elections to the council of the capital, which will take place next year. “The next elections to the local council must be a similar referendum (as the elections to the Chamber of Deputies) on the completely chaotic and activist rule of the Pirates and Prague itself,” he said. Prague is ruled by Pirates, Prague by itself and the United Forces for Prague (TOP 09 and STAN). The YES movement is still in opposition with the ODS.
In the same way, Benda, but also Portlík, wants the position of the Prague cell within the nationwide ODS. “I am convinced that Prague should have its deputy chairman in the ODS leadership. It is already more or less clear that our influence on national policy will increase in proportion to our result, “said Benda.
The Assembly elected and also elected the party’s vice-presidents in the capital. The first vice-chairman is Vojtěch Kos and the ordinary vice-chairmen are Lucie Prinzová, the mayor of Prague 13 David Vodrážka, the Prague representative Tomáš Kaštovský and Jan Poupě.
Thirty years in the House
Basically, Benda has been involved in top politics all his adult life and is one of the longest-serving legislators since the Velvet Revolution in 1989. As early as February 1990, he was co-opted to the Czech National Council (since 1993 as the Chamber of Deputies). He held a number of important positions in the Chamber of Deputies. He was re-elected to the Chamber of Deputies in the October elections this year. Benda has so far led the Civic Democrats in Prague 4.
Portlík was chairman of the party in the capital for two terms. He was elected for the second time in the first half of November 2019. This year he became mayor of Prague 9, until then he was deputy mayor there. In 2017, Portlík replaced the then head of the Prague ODS and the former deputy mayor of Prague 10, Filip Humplík.