Czech News Daily

The Civic Democrats are worried about the well being of Petra
Paroubková. The party has received information that someone is
planning to attack her while she accompanies her husband, Jiří
Paroubek at pre-election meetings for the Social Democrats. ODS
election manager Ivan Langer has confirmed the report.  Source:
most Czech press

The chairman of the Social Democrats, Jiří Paroubek has  decided not
to communicate with some selective media outlets . Paroubek placed MF
DNES, Lidové noviny, Hospodařské noviny and the weeklies Respekt and
Reflex on his black list. The information embargo is to also apply to
the server iDNES.cz. At a press conference the Social Democrats did
not allow these media to ask any questions.  Source:  most Czech press

Social democrat (ČSSD) leader Jiří Paroubek has criticised Czech
Bishops’ Conference for interfering in the election. Paroubek is unhappy
that bishop Václav Malý has called on catholics to vote for small parties.
‘The conference has intervened in a campaign, which raises some doubts,’
said Paroubek, who believes that the Catholic church is seeking restitution
to the tune of several million koruna. Jan Graubner, the bishop of
Olomouc, has distanced himself from Malý’s appeal. Source: most Czech
press

The person most responsible for causing the current political crisis is according to an exclusive opinion poll by MEDIAN the Chairman of the ČSSD Party Jiří Paroubek. He’s also the person who stands to gain the most.

From the more than 400 people questioned, 44% think that Jiří Paroubek is to blame for the crisis, whilst 41% lay the blame on Mirek Topolánek. Only 10% of those questioned hold President Václav Klaus responsible.

It’s interesting that more men find Jiří Paroubek to blame for unleashing the current crisis, whilst amongst women fault for the fall of the government is equally divided between the ODS and ČSSD leaders.

It’s largely young people from Prague and Central Czech that blame Paroubek whilst in villages and smaller towns people see Topolánek being at fault for the current situation.

As for the question of who stands to gain the most from the political crisis roughly a third of all those questioned answered unequivocally Jiří Paroubek. This view was shared by both young and old, and inhabitants of both villages and large cities.

Petra Paroubek, wife of ČSSD Chairman Jiří Paroubek, strongly denies that herself and her husband regarded Bohumír Ďuričko as a friend. Ďuričko was sentenced to 12.5 years in prison on Friday for the murder of Václav Kočka Junior.

According to Petra Paroubek the claims of friendship with herself and her husband were just a part of Ďuričko’s strategy in court to try to limit his upcoming sentence.

‘One of these claims falsely implied a friendly relationship with myself and my husband and raised suspicion of connection with our social engagements. He used this claim only because he carried out his disgusting act at a party for the signing of a new book by my husband,’ said Petra Paroubek, protesting against the fact that an event by the Paroubek’s has been in some way associated with the actions of the killer Ďuričko.

‘That he committed this crime of murder at the end of a book signing by my husband, provides a backdrop, which for some is an opportunity to express disapproval with the contents of the book, or with the social engagements of me or my husband,’ she said. ‘We have nothing in common with the murdering criminal Ďuričko, and neither myself nor my husband had a friendly relationship with him. I personally despise him,’ she added.