A few sentences
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]
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