In Prague, the late | PragueIN
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VÍME PRVNÍ PrahaIN.cz obtained information on Sunday afternoon that only a few people knew about before the elections. It concerns a specific candidate in Prague 1. A few days before the vote, one of the election aspirants died. The information was confirmed to us by two representatives of the city district in question.
However, it does not change the outcome of the election. According to the approached lawyer and the previous ruling of the Constitutional Court, the elections were in order. On the whole unpleasant thing pointed out also number one politician David Bodeček.
“Can I have a question? Is it possible for a person who has been known to be dead for several weeks to appear on the candidate list? Would it be a tactic not to report this essential fact?”
PrahaIN.cz knows the name of the deceased, but we will not publish it. In addition, several representatives of the concerned party promptly told us that they had informed management about the matter.
The man in question was in a non-elective position in the second half of the list.
The cards are dealt
“Court practice has evolved. The Constitutional Court stated that it corresponds to the principle of proportional representation that the votes for the deceased candidate are counted and only the deceased cannot win mandates.” he explained representative of Prague 4 and lawyer Jan Slanina (Prague 4 itself).
His words were also confirmed by the second lawyer.
“It’s an unpleasant, sensitive matter, but we haven’t really violated anything, please be careful how you inform about the whole thing, this is not about politics,” one of the politicians of the entity whose candidate the deceased man was on told the editors.
The elections in Prague 1 were dominated by PRAHA 1 SOBĚ with leader Pavle Čižínský. It won only 23 percent and seven mandates. ODS finished second with five mandates. Pirates and citizens from Prague 1 and We, what we live here each have four members of the council. Naše PRAHA 1 has three representatives. Residents 1 and TOP 09 have two each. PATRIOTS FOR PRAGUE 1 and City Hall for Citizens with leader Jan Votoček failed. Voter turnout barely exceeded 40 percent.