In January survey CVVM SOÚ AV ČR focused on topic President´s position in political system of the Czech Republic. This press release presents second part of results of the survey and it completes the press information published on 15 February 2007.
The other part of survey investigated citizens´ opinion on single constitutional presidental competencies and his status to appoinment of government, president’s right to dissolve Chamber of Deputies, right to call an election, right to veto and its existence, status of president to appointment of Constitutional Court judges and position of president in Foreign politics field of our country.
. Respondents also talked about what should be other president´s activities.
Almost two thirds of addressed citizens (59 %) think, that presidental competencies should be kept same. 22 % of people would extend presidential competencies, on contrary 8 % of Czech public would limit some of his competencies. In comparison to results of last survey we can see, that since 2002 a number of people who would limit presidential competencies has dramatically dropped (in April 2002 35 % of people, as against 8 % in January 2007) and on the other side a number of those who think that presidential competencies should be kept same has increased (41 % in April 2002 to 59 % in January 2007). When talking about concrete competencies only a few citizens wish to have “powerful“ president who would be decision-making element of the executive power (he would appoint and lead Government according to his opinion and he would be head of foreign politics of the country) and who would have strong position against legislative power ( he would have right to dissolve Chamber of Deputies anytime or he would have right to say absolut veto against laws passed by Parliament). Presidential competence to appoint Constitutional Court judges is also very little supported.
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