Poll: public more critical of president

A new poll published by the CVVM agency has suggested that President Václav Klaus’s standing in the public eye has fallen over the last year, with more people growing critical of him in office. While the majority of those queried rated his fulfilment of his constitutional role positively (75 percent), fewer (47 percent) rated highly his impact on domestic politics. In the poll, the president fared most poorly when it came to understanding ordinary citizens’ problems – just 37 percent said he did. On the other hand, 63 percent of those polled said that Mr Klaus represented his country well abroad.

Author: Jan Velinger