Three in five Czechs for president's powers to be preserved - poll

Sixty-one percent of Czechs, the largest number since 2002, are for the current powers of the president to be preserved, while only 15 percent want them extended and 16 percent would like them to be reduced, according to a poll released by the CVVM agency. More than 90 percent of the respondents said the president should have the power to grant amnesty. Out of them, 49 percent would leave the decision up to the president, while 42 percent want it to require counter-signing by another political institution.