Postmark Prague (PP), the independent monthly news review from Prague, reports that, the economy, the ascendancy of the popularity of the Communist party, and the governments attempts to rehabilitate former Nazi collaborators continues to dominate the news. The only other item of interest is the presidents’ continuing travels abroad to sell NATO and its’ aggression in Yugoslavia.
P.P. states that the latest opinion polls indicate that the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSCM) has increased its’ popularity from 10.9% in the last election to17.9%. These puts it in second place behind the right wing Civic Democrats led by Vaclav Klaus and in front of the Social Democrats who now form the present minority government. KSCM has 140,000 dues paying members out of a population of 10 million. Making it the largest per capita party in Europe. The party has elected, 24 members of parliament, 4 senators, 6000 local councilors and 750 mayors and deputy mayors. The polls also indicate that about a third of the voters who voted for Social Democrats in the last election have switched their support to the KSCM. This mostly because of the Social Democrats’ support for the NATO genocide in Yugoslavia
The paper points out that virtually every major political leader of the past two centuries continues to be maligned and degraded by the present administration. The only leaders held in esteem are the present president Havel and the past president Hacha who aside from collaborating with the Nazis ruled the protectorate (Czech lands) during the Nazi occupation. This is in line with Mr. Havel's past endearment with the Nazis and his present attempts to Germanize the Czech Lands. He was the first NATO head of state to visit Kosovo .He was flown in on a German helicopter to visit the sector of Kosovo occupied by German troops.
The new Capitalist economy in the Czech Republic continues to falter. The gross domestic product on a year-on-year basis fell by 4.5%. The industrial production was down by 9.1%, while construction was off by 12.5% and agriculture 13%. Compared to 1990 industrial production in April fell 15%, and construction 17%. The market economy introduced with such fanfare about the superiority of the market economy has to date resulted in anything but what was promised.
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