Petr Cibulka

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Petr Cibulka (born October 27, 1950 in Brno ) is a former Czech dissident and a signatory of Charter 77 . After 1989 he became known as a political activist with an anti-communist orientation.

Life

After attending grammar school and construction school in Brno, Cibulka wanted to study at the technological university, but he dropped out. Cibulka was active in the non-party- conform association Jazzová sekce (German: Jazz Section), which advocated an independent cultural policy during the period of so-called normalization after the breakdown of the Prague Spring in the 1970s and 1980s. The association was branded anti-socialist and some of its activists were sentenced to prison terms. Cibulka was also one of the signatories of the dissident movement Charter 77 .

Because of these political activities, Cibulka came into conflict with the then Czechoslovak regime and was repeatedly punished with imprisonment. His last sentence was overturned after the Velvet Revolution in 1989. He spent a total of 5 years in prison.

Activities after 1989

After 1989, Cibulka was among other things editor of the online newspaper Necenzurované noviny (uncensored newspaper). However, Cibulka caused a stir in particular with two actions:

In 1992 he published the hitherto undisclosed directories of staff of the Czechoslovak secret police StB , which since then as Cibulkovy Seznamy be called (Cibulka lists). These lists, which were first made available in print media and then also online, came under sharp criticism, including from the then President and Cibulka's close friend Václav Havel . It turned out that the lists contained the names of people who were demonstrably unrelated to the secret police, or that some names had previously been deleted. In 2000, online publication was banned, and in 2006 Cibulka was given a suspended sentence for vilification (after a controversial trial).

In 2000, Cibulka founded a party known as the shortened name Pravý blok (Right Block). The party's full name was an abbreviated version of the party program and was largely printed in capital letters and bold letters. The main goals of the party, which were formulated in a verbally very aggressive language, include: a. the elimination of the ruling communist “spies” in the Czech Republic, who are accused of concealed totality and slavery, and the realization of direct democracy.

As a result of these activities, Cibulka also came into conflict with his former colleagues. His insulting President Havel as a pig, his “irrational anti-communism” and the claim that the Czech Republic is ruled by “criminal elements and murderers” are examples of Cibulka's later positions.

His other activities included the unsuccessful candidacy in the by-election for the House of Representatives in November 2003 for the constituency 58 of Brno and the equally unsuccessful candidacy for his party Pravý blok in the election to the European Parliament in May 2014 (with 0.52 percent). In the local elections in October 2014, Cibulka stood in Prague, where he ran as chairman of his party at the same time for the office of mayor.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Message from the VONS Committee No. 555: Uvěznění funkcionářů Jazzové sekce (Arrest of the jazz section officials) from September 6, 1986, in: Informace o Chartě 77 10/1986, online: www.vons.cz (PDF; 4.8 MB ), Czech, accessed July 1, 2010
  2. ↑ Životopis Petra Cibulky ([self] curriculum vitae of Petr Cibulka), online: www.cibulka.net ( memento from July 21, 2006 in the Internet Archive ), Czech, accessed on July 1, 2010
  3. ^ STB On-Line , online at www.cibulka.com , both in Czech, accessed July 11, 2010
  4. ↑ Jaké jsou příčiny nuceného přerušení provozu online-databáze StB na českém serveru? (What are the reasons for the forced interruption of the access to the StB online database on the Czech server?), Online: planta.aquariana.cz , Czech, accessed on July 1, 2010
  5. ↑ a b Jan Čulík, Kriminalizovat výroky v democickém státě nelze, in: Britské listy April 14, 2006, online: www.blisty.cz ( memento of April 3, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), Czech, accessed July 1, 2010
  6. ↑ See The constituent declaration of the caretaker civic government of the Czech republic , an English-language paraphrase of the program, online: www.cibulka.net , accessed on July 1, 2010
  7. ↑ Doplňovací volby do Senátu Parlamentu ČR konané November 7/8, 2003, online at: www.volby.cz/pls/senat / ...
  8. ↑ Český statistický úřad [Czech Statistical Office], online at: volby.cz/pls / ...
  9. ↑ Český statistický úřad [Czech Statistical Office], online at: volby.cz/pls / ...

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SURNAME Cibulka, Petr
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech dissident and activist
DATE OF BIRTH October 27, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Brno , Czechoslovakia