Politicians, Political institutions

In its regular survey in January 2014 the Public Opinion Research Centre focused on questions about the Miloš Zeman's presidency. Most Czechs think that president Zeman fulfills his constitutional functions (53 %) and he is in contact with people and knows their problems (52 %).

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January's survey of CVVM made an inquiry into the attitudes of citizens towards the constitutional competencies of the president. Questions in the survey concerned the range of presidential competencies in general and also with regard to several particular competencies such as granting of amnesty or stopping a lawsuit, dismissing the Chamber of Deputies and refusing the law passed by the parliament. Two questions asked about the role of president in appointing the Board of the Czech National Bank and in appointing the judges of the Constitutional Court.

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January's survey of CVVM asked questions regarding the attitudes towards the office of president of the Czech Republic. Questions focused on the mechanism of presidential election, the personal profile of suitable presidential candidate, his or her relations to the government and government appointment, on the position of president in the foreign policy and on the problems president should pay attention in his or her office.

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In January 2014 within the regular survey CVVM SOÚ AV ČR, v.v.i., questioned respondents about their confidence in constitutional institutions. In this month there was a question about their trust to Chambers of Parliament, President, Local and Regional Councils.

In December 2013 CVVM SOÚ AV ČR, v.v.i., investigated whether respondents trust to selected top politicians. They were given a list with 27 names of top party officials.

In December 2013 within the regular survey CVVM SOÚ AV ČR, v.v.i., questioned respondents about their confidence in constitutional institutions. In this month there was a question about their trust to Chambers of Parliament, President, Government, Local and Regional Councils.

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In November 2013 within the regular survey CVVM SOÚ AV ČR, v.v.i., questioned respondents about their confidence in constitutional institutions. In this month there was a question about their trust to Chambers of Parliament, President, Government, Local and Regional Councils.

In September 2013 CVVM SOÚ AV ČR, v. v. i., investigated whether respondents trust to selected top politicians. They were given a list with 32 names of top constitutional and party officials.

In September 2013 within the regular survey CVVM SOÚ AV ČR, v.v.i., questioned respondents about their confidence in constitutional institutions. In this month there was a question about their trust to Chambers of Parliament, President, Government, Local and Regional Councils.

In June's survey of the Public Opinion Research Centre, citizens of the Czech Republic evaluated the activities of political parties and institutions. Standard school classification was used for the evaluation, where the best performance is represented by number one and the worst performance by number five. The best rating, with an average score of less than 3, was received by the Ombudsman (2,47) followed by the President of the Republic (2,87). The best evaluated party was the Czech Social Democratic Party (3,17). The remaining institutions and political parties were evaluated as follows: the President of the Senate (3,39), the President of the Chamber of Deputies (3,47), the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (3,57), the Senate (3,57), the party TOP 09 (3,67), the premier (3,69), the Government (3,79), the Czech Social Democratic Party (3,83), the Chamber of Deputies (3,83) and the political party Public Affairs (4,18).