The Czech Senate held re-election a few days ago. As a result, the current speaker Vidzi (pictured) was successfully re-elected as a senator.

(taken from the Czech Senate)

[Central News Agency] The Czech Senate held a re-election a few days ago. As a result, the current speaker, Vidzi, was successfully re-elected as a senator and is expected to continue to serve as the speaker. However, another Czech political figure who is friendly to Taiwan and the mayor of Prague, Hejip, may be about to step down.

The Czech Senate re-elected 1/3 of the seats, and the second round of voting was held yesterday.

As a result, the Conservative People's Democratic Party (ODS), led by the current Prime Minister Petr Fiala, won a big victory. 5 out of 81 seats in total.

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The election campaign that has attracted the most attention in the Czech public opinion is the Jihlava constituency in the center, where the current speaker Milo?

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As a result, Vidzi won more than half of the votes, and is expected to continue to serve as the president of the Senate, injecting a boost for the Fiala government.

Widzy led a delegation to visit Taiwan in September 2020 and became the first speaker of a non-diplomatic country to speak at the Legislative Yuan in history, which caused widespread repercussions in Taiwan; Legislative President You Xikun accepted his invitation and made a speech in the Czech Senate in July this year. The speech can be regarded as a pioneering act of Taiwan's diplomacy towards Europe.

However, the mayor of Prague, Zdenök Höib, who is affiliated with the Pirate Party, another Taiwan-friendly politician in Czech politics, may be about to step down.

On the 23rd and 24th of last month, in addition to the first round of voting for the Senate re-election, local elections were also held in the capital Prague and other places. As a result, the People's Democratic Party and the allied parties won 19 of the 65 seats in the Prague City Council. , Dissatisfied Citizens Action won 14 seats, while the Pirate Party won only 13 seats.

Which political parties will govern in Prague in the future will depend on the outcome of the coalition government negotiations in the next few weeks, but with the third place in the seat, it seems that Hejipp has a slim chance of being re-elected.

President of the Chinese Legislative Assembly You Xikun visited Prague Mayor He Jipp in July.

(taken from You Xikun's Facebook)