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Czech Pirates Celebrate their First Pirate Mayor November 17, 2014 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Election If we look at Pirate history we see that the Czech pirates already have a Senator but now history is being made again. The first Pirate mayor in the history of the Czech Republic has been elected in the spa town of Mariánské Lázně (also known as Marienbad). Vojtěch Franta, a 29 year old architect was elected mayor by 15 of the 19 legislators present. The Pirates won 21% of the vote and gained five seats. Copyleft PPCZ   Franta wants to make Mariánské Lázně more visionary since he believes their politic has been a bit too …

Czech Pirates Treble Vote and Gain Significant Funding in 2013 Elections November 1, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Election The Czech Pirate Party is thanking voters who helped them to treble their vote from 42,323 votes, since the last elections in 2010, to 132,417 votes (2.66% of the total vote). They managed this on a budget of 250,00 Czech Koruna ( 9,700 Euro). Now the Pirates  will  get 13,241,700 CZK  ( 514,000 Euro)  from the state. With this support they will be able to continue to fight against copyright monopolies and surveillance and work towards direct democracy in the country. They got more votes than the party connected to President Zeman and …

Czech PP Celebrates First Pirate Senator October 20, 2012 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Election The Czechs have their first elected Pirate Senator. Pirates worldwide will be rejoicing with PPCZ as they celebrate Libor Michálek’s success in the senatorial elections. Famous, in his own country, as a whistle blower for exposing corruption in 1996 when he worked for the National Property Fund. In 2010 his complaints about fraudulent manipulation of procurement and tendering led to the dismissal of ministers and top officials. In March 2011, he was awarded the Endowment Fund Against Corruption Prize. In May 2011 he was awarded the František Kriegel Award from Charter 77 for the outstanding …