Pirate Party deputy chairman Jakub Michálek has retained his position
following an inconclusive vote internal party vote over whether to dismiss
him for allegedly having long bullied his subordinates.
While denying the allegation of bullying, Michálek, who also heads the
Pirate’s caucus in the lower house, says that he will not defend his
leadership position at the party’s national forum in January.
In the four-day online vote that closed on Monday evening, 371 voted
against his dismissal, 294 voted for it, and 184 voted to postpone a
decision until the forum. It would have taken 386 votes for an option to
have been decisive.
Fellow party vice chair Mikuláš Peksa, who had said ahead of the vote
that he would quite the post if Michálek remained, on Tuesday announced
his resignation at the party forum.