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Czech politicians assess Havel after his last New Year's address as president.

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(From BBC Monitoring International Reports)

Prague, 1 January: Representatives of the main political parties, with the exception of Communist (KSCM) Deputy Chairman Miroslav Ransdorf, said today they do not mind that President Vaclav Havel did not take stock of his own contribution to Czech society in his last New Year's speech...

Cyril Svoboda, chairman of the junior government Christian Democrats (KDU-CSL), said that Havel would yet have an opportunity to overview his doing at the head of the Czech Republic and that the New Year's speech is not an appropriate platform to do so...

Prime Minister and Social Democrat (CSSD) leader Vladimir Spidla said that he shares Havel's opinions which he expressed in the speech... "When the pros and cons of Havel's activities are counted, the pros will heavily prevail," Spidla said adding that Havel is leaving behind a completed work.

Ransdorf, for his part, said he was not satisfied with the speech and that it did not differ from Havel's previous New Year's speeches. "They are always the same empty and moralising sentences. A reflection of ...

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