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2009-12-08
In Aug., a petition began circulating on the web (Nėkolik vėt 2009, Czech only) that criticized the two-party system, the corruption, the complicit media and the laziness of voters to do anything about it. It read like a call to arms for small parties, until it stated that "none of us lives under the illusion that small political parties would be better and more honest than the large ones." One of the chief criticisms of the Green Party is that, once in the cabinet, it turned a blind eye to the shenanigans of the major parties. With the Greens now teetering on the edge of electability, they must decide which voters they value more: Those who oppose political corruption, or those who want their preferred party to bask in it. It's conceivable that the Greens would considerably increase their voter appeal if they vowed now not to enter the next government, even if their 5% or more of the vote would turn them into the kingmakers. [Czech Republic ČSSD ODS]