Public opinion on Senate

About three fifths of citizens perceive Senate as useless institution, which establishment was wasting of money, on contrary more than a fourth of Czech population do not agree with it. More than a half of Czech citizens agree with statement that establishment of the Senate was supported by political parties just to fortify their position, on the other hand only a quarter of respondents denied that.

There also prevails public opinion that the Senate only drags out the legislative process and restrain passing of laws. On the other side agreement prevails disagreement with suggestion that law assessing in the Senate helps to prevent from legislative mistakes made by Chamber of Deputies.

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