Abstract
A direct election of president has been ratified in the Czech Republic. According to contemporary definitions of semi-presidential system, the Czech Republic with the ratification of the direct election of president has become one.
The paper focuses on definitions of semi-presidential systems and their application to the Czech situation. Special attention is devoted to constitutional powers of the Czech president in comparison with other semi-presidential systems and to possible changes of a position of the president, which is determined by relationship of the president and the majority and its character in the Parliament (Chamber of Deputies).
A direct election of president has been ratified in the Czech Republic. According to contemporary definitions of semi-presidential system, the Czech Republic with the ratification of the direct election of president has become one.
The paper focuses on definitions of semi-presidential systems and their application to the Czech situation. Special attention is devoted to constitutional powers of the Czech president in comparison with other semi-presidential systems and to possible changes of a position of the president, which is determined by relationship of the president and the majority and its character in the Parliament (Chamber of Deputies).