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Úvod

1.	1 Rozdílnost mezi parlamentním a prezidentským systémem

2.	Srovnání volby prezidenta v České republice a ve Spojených státech amerických

3.	Osobnost amerického prezidenta

4.	Shrnutí a závěr

"The first question which we have to ask is – How can we define a good president? Every republic and every cultural area have different ideas and conceptions about president and their presidency. There are many points of view which we have to take into an account. We can not compare the president of United States with very strong powers and influence and for example the president of Czech Republic or the president of Germany, Austria with almost no powers etc. It depends on position of their office in the system; we must distinguish between parliamentary systems and presidential systems. Each of these systems requires different values and qualities. Some of them can be good for U.S. president, presidents of some countries in Latin America or partly for the French president, but on the other hand they may not be appropriate for most of countries in the rest of the world.
The way a president is elected is also important, because direct election by citizens requires different approach, knowledge, qualities then election by some collective body with no choice of public affect the vote. That’s why I would like to introduce two completely different notions about good president. I’d like to start with Czech Republic and their president and shortly describe what I think about that.

From the text above is clear that Czech president is elected indirectly and the president is not the head of government and executive power. So he doesn’t need to consider making of a campaign, affecting public opinion, making a speeches etc. But he has to persuade two hundred deputies in Chambers of deputies and eighty one senators that he is the best choice for the country. But what makes him good? Couple years ago, a survey was made among Czech citizens and they were asked two questions – which qualities should a president have and what they expect from the president . 50 % of respondents mentioned that the most important presidential qualities are intelligence, education, moral integrity (which means incorruptible, honest, polite and truthful), 30 % said impartiality and objectivity and also nonpartisanship what is interesting in compare with U.S. where the president is very connected with parties. And other interesting conclusion is that Czech peoples do not consider needed or necessary values and qualities such as personality, strong-mindedness, responsibility, rationality, communicativeness etc. I think that the same research in U.S. would have had completely different results, including popularity, persuasiveness, strong personality, communicativeness. And the second question asked – what they expected from the president – 43 % answered representation of state and its interests, 23 % impartiality and objectivity and 21 % social solidarity, humanity and interests in people. All of these responses give us an idea of what the Czechs considered to be a good president. I have to agree with most of them, because our (mean Czech) president doesn´t need another skills."