Poll: Trust in head of state at lowest this year

Trust in the country’s president, Miloš Zeman, is the lowest all year according to a poll conducted by the CVVM agency. According to the survey, trust in the head of state fell by eight percent in November, to an overall 48 percent. The drop coincided with a scandal in late October in which Czech-born Auschwitz survivor Jiří Brady was allegedly passed over for a state honour as the result of a meeting between his uncle, Culture Minister Daniel Herman and Tibet’s spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama. Distrust in the president, according to the same poll, is 49 percent. Trust in Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka's government, meanwhile, is at 35 percent – down by three from the previous poll.

Author: Jan Velinger