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Viewing cable 06PRAGUE610, CZECH ELECTIONS: NEXT STEPS ACCORDING TO THE

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06PRAGUE610 2006-06-05 13:29 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Prague
VZCZCXRO7926
OO RUEHAST
DE RUEHPG #0610/01 1561329
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 051329Z JUN 06
FM AMEMBASSY PRAGUE
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 7444
INFO RUEHZL/EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 PRAGUE 000610 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EUR/NCE, S/ES-O, P STAFF 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PREL EZ
SUBJECT: CZECH ELECTIONS: NEXT STEPS ACCORDING TO THE 
CONSTITUTION 
 
REF: PRAGUE 607 
 
PRAGUE 00000610  001.2 OF 002 
 
 
1. (U) SUMMARY: In spite of the weekend electoral stalemate 
resulting in an evenly-divided Parliament, with the right and 
the left camp each holding 100 seats in a 200-seat Chamber of 
Deputies (lower house of Parliament), the Czech constitution 
gives clear guidelines on the way forward.  The President 
announced on June 5 that the new Parliament will convene for 
the first time on June 16, well within the 
30-days-from-the-election window mandated by the 
Constitution.  The right-of-center Civic Democrats (ODS), 
which won the largest number of Parliamentary seats, will 
make the first attempt to form a government, which must be 
approved by the President.  There is no 
constitutionally-mandated timeline for the naming of a 
government or for a Presidential approval.  Once the 
President approves the list, however, Parliament must hold a 
vote of confidence within 30 days.  These steps together 
could take weeks, or possibly even months.  END SUMMARY. 
 
2. (U) The current Parliament's four-year term expires June 
15, and according to the Czech Constitution, President Klaus 
must call the new Parliament into session within 30 days of 
the elections (between June 16 and July 3).  Klaus announced 
on the afternoon of June 5 that Parliament will meet on June 
16.  When the new Parliament meets, it must choose a Speaker 
and five Deputy Speakers and begin discussions on committee 
assignments.  As soon as the new Parliament convenes, the old 
government must officially tender its collective resignation 
to the President, but continues to rule until a new 
government is approved by Parliament. 
 
3. On June 5, President Klaus asked the leader of the party 
that received the most votes, Mirek Topolanek of the Civic 
Democrats (ODS), to be the next Prime Minister and to put 
together a government.  Topolanek will meet leaders of 
prospective partners, the Christian Democrats (KDU-CSL) and 
the Green Party (SZ), to form a coalition.  The Greens have 
already scheduled a meeting of the party's executive board on 
June 10 to discuss the party position for coalition talks. 
President Klaus will meet with Topolanek again on/around June 
14 to discuss progress on forming the next cabinet.  Once 
Topolanek has put together his list of names, the President 
must approve the names.  The President can express his 
objection to any of the names and stall the formation of a 
new government, but he cannot make his own nominations.  In 
this case, since President Klaus is the founder and honorary 
chairman of ODS, he is not expected to object to Topolanek's 
choices. (Note: The personal animosity between Klaus and 
Topolanek adds an element of uncertainty to this prediction. 
End Note.) 
 
4. (U) Once the President approves the proposed new 
government, Parliament has 30 days to hold a vote of 
confidence, which requires the votes of more than half of the 
Deputies present.  Since ODS and its prospective coalition 
partners have a total of only 100 seats in the 200-seat 
Chamber, they could fail unless they manage to get at least 
one Parliamentarian to defect to their side.  Topolanek and 
Klaus are both expected to try and persuade some members of 
the new opposition Social Democrats (CSSD) to leave party 
ranks and support a minority ODS-led administration in the 
vote of confidence by at least abstaining in the vote or not 
attending the vote at all.  Even under such a scenario, the 
fragile minority ODS-led government will have difficulty 
passing many of the bills ODS promised in its pre-election 
campaign. 
 
5. (U) If the Topolanek government fails in the vote of 
confidence, the President picks a second person to form a 
government, according to the Czech Constitution.  In the 
post-Communist era, the post-election process has never gone 
beyond the first attempt to form a government, so there is 
little precedent or tradition to follow.  The Constitution 
does not specify who the president should appoint as Prime 
Minister in such an event.  He could pick a second leader 
from the party that got the most votes (i.e., current Prague 
Mayor Pavel Bem), the leader of another party, or even 
somebody who was not even a candidate in the election.  That 
person chooses a cabinet and submits the names to the 
President, who must approve this second cabinet, though the 
constitution gives him no deadlines for doing so.  Once the 
president approves, Parliament, again, has 30 days to put 
this second cabinet to a vote of confidence. 
 
6. (U) If this second government also fails in the vote of 
confidence, the newly elected Speaker of the Chamber, who in 
this case will be an ODS parliamentarian, proposes a third 
individual for Prime Minister and this candidate goes through 
the same procedure as the first two candidates. If the third 
 
PRAGUE 00000610  002.2 OF 002 
 
 
government also fails in the vote of confidence, the 
President has the right to dissolve the new parliament and 
early elections are held within 60 days. 
DODMAN