In the second round of the Senate elections, Josef Bazala (KDU-ČSL) and Jiří Vašica (for ANO) are to face each other in the Uherské Hradiště area, and Tomáš Třetina (TOP 09) and Jiří Kyněra (for ANO) in the Znojmo area.
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In the Uherské Hradiště area, according to calculations by the Czech News Agency, the incumbent senator Josef Bazala (KDU-ČSL) is to face Jiří Vašica (for ANO) in the second round of the Senate elections. After more than 90 percent of the votes were counted, Bazala had 47.64 percent and Vašica 28.21 percent. Almost 47 percent of voters took part and six candidates competed for votes.[1]
In the Znojmo area, according to the same calculation, the incumbent senator Tomáš Třetina (TOP 09) is to face Jiří Kyněra (for ANO). After more than 96 percent of the votes were counted, Třetina had 35.51 percent and Kyněra 22.42 percent; the independent candidate Jindřich Růžička finished third. Turnout exceeded 45 percent and six people ran. Třetina said that the result was an honour for him and a confirmation that his programme works.[2]
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Request by a Přísaha candidate for money in return for support in the Znojmo area
According to Deník N, Pavel Černý, an unsuccessful Přísaha candidate in the Znojmo Senate district, who won 5.04 percent of the votes in the first round and finished sixth, asked the local ANO movement for 50 thousand crowns for supporting Jiří Kyněra in the second round. Deník N stated that it has Černý's communication with Stanislav Palša, the leader of Znojmo ANO in the municipal elections, in which Černý made his support conditional on “really very motivating compensation in advance”.[3][4]
Kyněra told Deník N that he rejected the offer because of the demand for money. Černý confirmed that he had wanted money and explained it as payment for several days of work filming and editing videos in Kyněra's favour. In the end, before the second round, he supported the outgoing senator Tomáš Třetina (TOP 09); by his own account, he received nothing for it. Třetina also told Deník N that nobody had paid Černý for his support.[3][4]
Chronology
- — Deník N reported that Pavel Černý, an unsuccessful Senate candidate of Přísaha in the Znojmo district, asked the local ANO for CZK 50,000 for supporting its candidate Jiří Kyněra in the second round of the election; he did not receive the money and backed Tomáš Třetina of TOP 09. Deník N Seznam Zprávy
- — In the second round of the Senate elections, the incumbent Josef Bazala (KDU-ČSL) will face Jiří Vašica (for ANO) in the Uherské Hradiště district, and the incumbent Tomáš Třetina (TOP 09) will face Jiří Kyněra (for ANO) in the Znojmo district. ČT24: regiony ČT24: regiony
Sources
- Na Uherskohradišťsku se v druhém kole voleb utkají obhajující Bazala (KDU-ČSL) s Vašicou (za ANO)
- Obhajující senátor Třetina (TOP 09) se na Znojemsku v druhém kole utká s Kyněrou (za ANO)
- „Podporu si cením na padesát tisíc.“ Politik Přísahy chtěl peníze po senátním kandidátovi ANO
- Černý z Přísahy chtěl po kandidátovi ANO peníze za to, že ho podpoří v kampani