An actress and a hockey player are on a roll to become congressmen / Z herecky a hokejisty budou poslanci

A well-known beautiful Czech actress Katerina Brozova has a new ‘hobby’. She has recently received a candidacy from the CSSD party for the upcoming October elections. If she were to  get a seat in the House of Commons she would like to concentrate on the culture related issues, she says. The leader of the party, Jiri Paroubek, is hoping that involving such celebrities like Brozova herself will help them getting more votes from the public. His ‘smart’ technique has its critics however. The current CSSD congresman, Vlastimil Aubrecht, voices his sceptical oppinion: “I cannot imagine how can someone sit 3 weeks in a congress, then study the laws and manage his acting career on top of everything else”. According to mr. Aubrecht the opposition party (ODS) is being much smarter about this particular issue, putting their celebrities on the actual pitching billboards (which I also find more logical).

“Not everyone has to like you…and I have been prepared for negative reactions from others”, comments Katerina Brozova. ” The most important thing for me right now is to help CSSD to win the elections”. The other CSSD celebrity candidate for becoming a congressman is a hockey star Jiri Slegr. He is also one of the biggest financial supporters of the party.

CZ: Znama ceska krasavice a herecka Katerina Brozova dnes ziskala od  CSSD kandidaturu do rijnovych predcasnych voleb (za Usteckem kraj). Pokud by se do snemovny dostala, rada by se pry venovala kulture. Predseda strany Paroubek tak doufa, ze zname osobnosti jako Brozova pomohou CSSD v podzimnich volbach. Jeho nova propagacni technika ma ale sve kritiky. Soucasny poslanec za CSSD Vlastimil Aubrecht si napriklad nedokaze predstavit,’ jak muze umelec 3 tydny travit v parlamentu, pak studovat zakony a jeste u toho stihat svoji umeleckou karieru’. Podle nej to dela lepe ODS, ktera dava zname osobnosti na sve volebni plakaty a ne jako kandidaty (take mi to prijde vic logicke..).

“Ne kazdemu se musite libit…s negativnimi reakcemi jsem pocitala”, komentuje Brozova. ” Chci nyni hlavne ve volbach pomoci CSSD”

Za CSSD bude kandidovat do snemovny take vitez olympiady v Naganu hokejista Jiri Slegr, ktery je jednim z nejvetsich sponzoru teto strany. Take potvrdil, ze se v budoucnosti poslancem stat chce.

Source: http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/zpravy/brozova-i-slegr-dostali-nominaci-na-kandidatku-cssd/381754