Confirmed! Pirates in Prague 1 gave the green light to a coalition with ODS, TOP 09, ANO and Residents 1. The signing of the coalition agreement is awaited
photo: Vít Hasssan, PrahaIN.cz/Astronomical clock on the Old Town Square
Prague 1 will have a new leadership on the ground plan of the coalition of five. This option was confirmed in a two-day vote by the local Pirate Party association in Prague 1. This confirmed the coalition of Pirates, ODS, TOP 09, the ANO movement under the banner of Our Prague 1 and Residents 1.
According to the leader of the Pirates in Prague 1, David Bodeček, the negotiations on the ground plan of the above-mentioned coalition of five were “the furthest”, now the deadline for signing the coalition agreement is being sought. “After all, it is about five entities, so the agreement is not completely easy, but we should sign the contract this week,” confirmed Bodeček to PrahaIN.cz.
Signing this week
He also added that after the signing of the coalition agreement, the Pirates will publish its complete text, including a forty-page document, which, based on negotiations, will determine the program intersections of all members of the five-coalition. “It follows from the contract that we will have two members in the district council, I and Iva Antalová are nominated,” he specified when asked by the editors. The specific tasks that the pirate councilors will lead, but they did not want to specify before signing the coalition agreement.
“I can repeat that the negotiations were very fair. I’ve already recovered from the fact that I would be happy about something in politics,” Kateřina Klasnová, the number one candidate of Residents 1, responded to PrahaIN.cz’s question about the new coalition. According to her, it is too early to judge, she will be able to have joy when will see concrete work behind the new coalition.
“We will see how our joint program statement will be implemented. It always looks good on paper, the important thing is the realization of concrete promises,” added Klasnová. She also confirmed that Residents will also be represented in the district council.
The number one TOP 09 candidate in Prague 1, Terezie Radoměřská, was really happy with the decision of the local association of the pirate party. “After many weeks of negotiations, I am really pleased with the confirmation of the coalition by the Pirates. All the more that the Pirates have truly transparent and democratic internal principles, that it is not a decision of one person, but the support of the coalition from the entire organization,” she told PrahaIN.cz. According to her, the coalition’s program for Prague 1 is very compact and meaningful.
After all, ODS negotiator Filip Dvořák also appreciated this. “If we succeed in implementing our program statement, I will wake up in four years to a completely different Prague 1,” he told PrahaIN.cz. He also acknowledged that the membership base of the Pirates in Prague 1 “appreciated the scope and depth of the program penetration of all interested parties”. And also the coalition participants themselves.
“I think everyone I saw at the negotiating table is internally motivated and ready to work to make life better for people in Prague 1,” added Dvořák.