His rival in the February elections, President Vaclav Klaus, is preferred by four percent of Czechs fewer, the poll showed. Svejnar is supported by the CSSD, the Greens, some senators from minor groupings, and some lawmakers for the Communists (KSCM) and the Christian Democrats (KDU-CSL). Klaus was nominated by the Civic Democratic Party (ODS, senior member of the three-party coalition government) and some Christian Democrats. Two-thirds of those polled said Svejnar was a serious rival of Klaus. Svejnar, who has dual, U.S.
and Czech citizenship, is popular with the voters of all parties except those for the ODS. Some 78 percent of Czechs want Svejnar and Klaus to compete in a televised debate, a notion approved Presidential candidate Svejnar hopes 2008 will be good for Czechs ...
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(Ceske Noviny)
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