In a Sunday televised program on T.V. NOVA, the leader of the Civic
Democrats, Mirek Topolanek, revealed that his party has its own
candidate in mind to administer the Chamber of Deputies. If the Civic
Democrats are successful then their current party deputy leader,
Miroslava Nemcova, could be nominated for Chairwoman of the lower house
when MPs convene to vote on June 27th. Mr. Topolanek sees Miroslava
Nemcova as a fine candidate because according to him, she has the
experience to lead the lower house, as well as the qualities required
to do the job well. Ms. Nemcova was the deputy leader of the lower
house during the last Social Democratic-led government.
The Civic Democrats are taking the position that the Chair's post in
the lower house need not automatically fall to the second-place Social
Democrats, and that they as the winning party intend to occupy the
chair of the lower house. Meanwhile, the Social Democratic Party has
spoken publicly about the possibility of Jiri Paroubek running for the
chairmanship of the lower house. The Social Democrats feel that they
should hold the post, given their second-place yet still strong showing
in the recent elections.