Political pundits believe Workers’ Party ban likely

The majority of Czech political pundits agree that the upcoming trial on the future of the far-right Workers’ Party on Wednesday will probably end with a ban on the party, the Czech news agency ČTK reported on Monday. The report also mentioned that most political experts consider this second proposal to ban the party to have been much better prepared by the government than the first one. Miroslav Mareš, an expert on extremism, said he believes it’s fairly certain that the court’s decision will go in favor of the government’s proposal. He added that the case was well-documented, even though the government missed a critical period for collecting evidence in 2008.

A ban on the party, which would be the first court decision of this kind in the Czech Republic, would not however prevent members of the party from running for political office as candidates of other parties.

Author: Sarah Borufka