In a statement released on Wednesday, former president Václav Klaus made
clear he was turning down a chance to make a political comeback,
confirming he will not run in the upcoming election. In recent days there
was
increased speculation the ex-president would return to party politics; Mr
Klaus, who had met with numerous supporters, said he had weighed the
decision carefully. In Mr Klaus’ view, he could have founded a party
which would have fared successfully, but he made clear that two months to
Election Day was too short a period for it to fulfil all of his criteria.
The head of the small extra-parliamentary Sovereignty party, Jana
Bobošíková, as well as several members of the Civic Democrats strongly
backed Mr Klaus’ return. The former president may support one of the
existing parties in the coming weeks.