The other American presidential candidate (2)
A month ago, I did a blog posting about the then impending election of a President for the Czech Republic. I explained that the incumbent, the Right-wing and Euro-sceptic former Prime Minister Václav Klaus ought to win a second term, but that he was being opposed by a Czech American who works for the World Bank called Jan Svejnar who had the support of former President Václav Havel. It may be that, in all the excitement about the US presidential race, you forgot about the Czech election and certainly outside the Czech Republic nobody has covered it, so let me tell you the result.
President Václav Klaus has been re-elected to a second term by Czech parliamentary deputies, but only after a political crisis and several rounds of voting. Following three rounds of voting, Klaus received 141 votes at a joint session of both houses of parliament in the final round. Challenger Jan Švejnar received 111 votes. A third candidate fielded by the Communist Party dropped out.
The things you learn on NightHawk …