Elections in Prague: The court dealt with 23 motions questioning the elections to local councils, nine were rejected
The Municipal Court in Prague has so far rejected nine out of 23 valid motions questioning the elections to the Prague council and city district councils. He also dismissed three complaints that arrived at the court after the deadline in which they can be filed. This follows from information published on the electronic official board of the court. The largest number of complaints were aimed at municipal elections, namely six, and complaints also related to elections at 11 town halls. People could turn to the court with complaints about the course of the elections or question the election of any of the candidates until 4:00 p.m. on October 7. Objections affecting the time limit for convening the constituent assembly.
The applicants turned to the court, among other things, with proposals for the annulment of the elections. This concerned, for example, rejected complaints about the elections in Řeporyje or one of the complaints in Prague 1. One of the petitioners demanded a recount of the votes in the municipal elections, and another unsuccessfully challenged the counting of votes in two electoral districts in Prague 17.
In several boroughs, the complainants filed a petition due to suspicion that the candidates have a permanent residence in the given city district, they actually live elsewhere. This is the case, for example, of four candidates in Prague 4 or one candidate in Prague 7. Both complaints were rejected by the court. A complaint about the invalidity of the election of candidates also appeared in Prague 10.
The court also dismissed three complaints that their filers delivered to the court after the deadline for sending them. The deadline ended on Friday, October 7 at 4:00 p.m., but they were delivered to the court several hours late. They concerned municipal elections in Prague 5 and 17.
Complaints affected the date of council meetings. According to the law, the mayor or the mayor of the district must convene a constituent meeting of representatives within 15 days from the end of the deadline for filing a complaint, but only if no one contests the election. In the event that it is challenged, the 15-day period for convening the council will start to apply from the day the court’s decision on the last of the submitted proposals becomes final. It has already taken place in a number of city districts, and the local town halls have already elected new management.
This year’s municipal elections in Prague were won by the Spolu coalition (ODS, TOP 09, KDU-ČSL), which won 19 mandates in the 65-member council. ANO ended second with 14 mandates. The third Pirates will have 13 representatives. Čtvrtá Praha Sobě has 11 mandates, five representatives will have STAN in fifth place. Sixth is the SPD with three mandates. 43.91 percent of voters took advantage of the election. The winner of the election named a coalition copying the Together, Pirates and STAN format as the preferred government agency.