Dana Kuchtova, Bursik's main opponent in the party and leader of the Greens' fundamentalist faction, said the decision was "unfair and undemocratic." After this, her followers left the room. At first, Bursik wanted to increase his influence on the national council by a change in the party rules, but he eventually had it his own way by dismissing his critics from it. After this, the three-day congress of the Greens ended. Twenty members of the national No change in party rules for Czech Greens at congress ...
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Thunderstorms, torrential rains, strong wind ravage CzechRep ... council were dismissed after lengthy disputes over the composition of the central audit commission of the Greens. The warring factions were unable to break the stalemate for a long time. After Bursik promised that the congress would not open the question of changes in the party rules, Kuchtova's faction allowed election of the audit commission. When ending the congress, Bursik told the delegates: "I am convinced that we have fulfilled what we expected. We have elected a leadership with a strong mandate, for which we thank." "They really played the game they had started with us until the end," Kuchtova said. "Bursik achieved his goal and eliminated 14 people from the national council. It is his decision. I do not think it is democratic," Kuchtova said. Matej Stropnicky, a young activist and actor, one of Bursik's most serious critics, is among the dismissed members of the council.
(Ceske Noviny)
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