VARTAZARYAN, Gor and Kateřina OCHODKOVÁ. Czech Presidents In Trouble: How Successful Can The System Be Against Presidential Misbehaviour? Acta Politologica. Praha, 2023, vol. 15, No 3, p. 68-92. ISSN 1804-1302. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.14712/1803-8220/16_2023.
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Original name Czech Presidents In Trouble: How Successful Can The System Be Against Presidential Misbehaviour?
Name in Czech Čeští prezidenti v nesnázích: Jak úspěšný může být systém proti prezidentským neplechám?
Authors VARTAZARYAN, Gor (203 Czech Republic, guarantor) and Kateřina OCHODKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
Edition Acta Politologica, Praha, 2023, 1804-1302.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 50601 Political science
Country of publisher Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
WWW Open access časopisu
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14220/23:00132079
Organization unit Faculty of Law
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.14712/1803-8220/16_2023
Keywords (in Czech) Prezident České republiky; ústavní žaloba; kompetenční žaloba; článek 66
Keywords in English President of the Czech Republic; Constitutional Lawsuit; Competence Lawsuit; Article 66
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Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
Presidents in parliamentary regimes are generally less powerful in their competencies and serve more as moderators of political disputes rather than as the main actors of executive power. Despite this, they can often appear at the edge of constitutionality in the performance of their powers. In Central Europe, it is the President of the Czech Republic who finds the greatest discrepancy between written and politically practised powers. Constitutional actors can bring a constitutional lawsuit, a competence lawsuit, or activate against the president Article 66, transferring the performance of certain duties to the other constitutional actors. Often, however, these instruments are not used. Semi-structured interviews with experts (N = 6) in the field of constitutional law revealed to us that the Czech president has broader powers than the Constitution gives him because many constitutional actors do not file a lawsuit even if they had a significant possibility of winning. Our analysis also showed that there are some cases where the experts disagree among themselves such as on the appointment of the governor of Czech National Bank. At the same time, this work revealed the different approaches of the individual presidents in the situations studied. © 2023 Institute of Political Studies. All rights reserved. Výsledek vznikl GAUK č. 146323
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