Will poor Senate showing impact ANO approach to presidential vote?
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- 17 Oct 2022
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Elections to one-third of the seats in the Czech Senate were not a success for opposition leaders ANO, which took only three of 27, compared to 20 for the governing Together group. Where did it go wrong for Andrej Babiš’s party? And will the results impact how ANO approach January’s presidential election? I spoke to political scientist Petr Just.
“I think the results for ANO were very bad. Not only numbers-wise, that they got only three seats out of 27 that were at stake.
“But we have to see it in the broader context as well.
“For the first time since the rise of ANO to national level politics, ANO entered the Senate elections as the opposition party.
“There has been evidence in the past that the Senate elections always serve as a counterbalance to the Chamber of Deputies.
“The party which is leading the coalition and leading the majority in the Chamber of Deputies usually performs weaker in the Senate elections, and vice versa. Read More...
