1997–1998 Czech political crisis

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Czech political crisis in 1997–1998 started as a result of irregularities in finances of

snap election in 1998.[2]

History

Czech Social Democratic Party. Instability of government also worsened with economical problems of the country. Annual report of finances for 1995 showed that biggest sponsors of ODS are Lajos Bács a Radjiv M. Sinha. These names were revealed to be fictional and speculations that Milan Šrejber is the real sponsor behind these names showed up in media. Šrejber privatised Třinec Iron and Steel Works. These speculations were revealed to be true. Deputy CHairman of ODS Libor Novák accepted responsibility for the irregularities. Mladá Fronta Dnes informed on 28 November 1997 that ODS has a secret bank account in Switzerland. Josef Zieleniec then stepped down as Deputy Chairman of ODS and from position of Minister of Foreign affairs.[2]

assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. This helped Klaus to interpret the situation in his favor.[3]

When Klaus returned from Sarajevo, he resigned as Prime Minister. This led to appointment of interim

government. Klaus remained as leader of ODS.[1] Civic Democrats held leadership election on 14 December 1997. Jan Ruml decided to run against Klaus. Klaus won by very large margin and remained leader of the Civic Democratic Party.[4]

Ruml's and Pilip's wing then left the party and on 17 January 1998 formed

Opposition Agreement with Social Democratic leader Miloš Zeman. Zeman became the new Prime Minister supported by Civic Democrats. Klaus became Speaker of Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic. Opposition Agreement allowed ODS to participate in management of the country.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Tzv. "sarajevský atentát" odstartoval zatím největší politickou krizi v ČR". ČT24 (in Czech). Česká televize. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Podvody v ODS vedly v 1997 k rozpadu strany a nástupu ČSSD". Zprávy E15.cz. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Sarajevo: deset let od nezdařeného atentátu". iDNES.cz. 29 November 2007. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Volba předsedy ODS v historii: jednoznačná záležitost". TN.Nova.cz (in Czech). 20 June 2010. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  5. ^ Fawn, Rick (2000). The Czech Republic: A Nation of Velvet. Harwood Academic. pp. 70–77.
  6. ^ "Kampaň k volbám do Poslanecké sněmovny 1998". IPM (in Czech). 12 October 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
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