The oldest among nine candidates for president, Foreign Minister Karel
Schwarzenberg, released a doctor’s report online on Thursday giving him
a
clean bill of health. The report, by Professor Milan Kvapil, head of the
internal medicine clinic at Prague’s Motol Teaching Hospital, concluded
the 75-year-old foreign minister’s health would allow him to meet all
the
demands of office. Some in the past criticised Mr Shwarzenberg for
sometimes dozing during political meetings, which in turn fuelled
speculation over his health. Of the nine candidates, five, including
Schwarzenberg, are over 60 years of age; he is the only one over 70. The
youngest candidates are senator and Social Democrat deputy chairman Jiří
Dienstbier, 47, followed by Sovereignty Party chairwoman Jana
Bobošíkova,
who is 48.