As a result, the position of the Greens' national council, Bursik wanted to make it subordinate to the party leadership, will remain unchanged after the congress."The obstructions were important and effective," Bursik told the delegates when informing them there were not enough votes to end the election of the party's audit commission.He said that Czech Greens leader Bursik enumerates successes before vote ...
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Czech press survey ... if the obstructions continued, the commission would have to be elected again this evening.Bursik said the comprehensive amendment to the party rules would not be discussed and he would propose an efficient way with which to end the congress.
He did not elaborate.The afternoon meeting was complicated by the departure of some delegates.As a result, despite the dominance Bursik has had at the congress, the opposition in the party has defended its position within the wider leadership of the Greens.In a highly emotional speech, Bursik called on his chief opponent Dana Kuchtova to recognise her defeat.Kuchtova was defeated by Bursik in the election for the post of party leader on Saturday. She is the leader of the fundamentalist faction of the Greens, while Bursik leads the realistic wing.She replied that she recognised her personal defeat, but not the defeat of democracy that would happen if the commission were only one-coloured.Bursik wants to make the national council that criticises the work of the Greens in the government to be moved under the leadership of the Greens. His critics say he wants to concentrate all the power in his hands.The comprehensive proposal of changes in the party rules includes 250 items.The Greens three-day congress was originally scheduled to end this afternoon.
(Ceske Noviny)
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