Czech press survey.

(From Czech News Agency)

PRAGUE, Nov 1 (CTK) - The president and the prime minister waging war against one another is an unacceptable situation, though President Vaclav Klaus is acting more reasonably than PM Jiri Paroubek in the dispute about David Rath, Viliam Buchert writes in the daily Mlada fronta Dnes (MfD) today.

It seems that both Klaus and Paroubek (Social Democrats, CSSD) have lost common sense completely if they are using words as "blatant impertinence, an unprecedented attack," or "he is behaving like an absolutist monarch." No matter who is right or wrong in the dispute, they are both behaving inappropriately, Buchert says.

He recalls that the previous Czech president, Vaclav Havel, too, was fighting against Klaus as prime minister since both men supported different ideologies and had different views of the world, but unlike Klaus-Paroubek clashes, they at least tried to keep "the face" in public. Their mutual polemics have only very rarely turned into personal invectives.

The battle between Paroubek and Klaus is far more personal. Its protagonists are not solving their different views and the real heart of problems so much. "Or have you ever heard a profound contemplation about the EU from Paroubek's mouth?" Buchert asks.

"Both Klaus and Paroubek are pragmatists and technocrats of power. They have kicked off a big game which in a certain way predestined a sharp election campaign. This is what Paroubek primarily cares for," Buchert points out.

"Klaus is acting better and in a more reasonable way in the latest fight about doctor Rath. However, there is no point in the president and the prime minister being on the long warpath," Buchert writes in conclusion.