The Civil Forum ( Czech. Občanské fórum ) is a socio-political organization that arose in the Czech Republic in 1989 . The organization was originally conceived as opposed to the leadership of Czechoslovakia and the ruling HRC . The Civil Forum played a significant role in the Velvet Revolution . In Slovakia , the Civil Society against Violence organization ( Slovak. Verejnosť proti násiliu ) was an analogue of the Civil Forum.
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1989
- On the evening of November 19, 1989, at the Drama Theater, representatives of Czechoslovak opposition organizations (in particular, Charter 77 ) united in the Civil Forum to combat the “ normalization regime”. The “Appeal” was adopted with a fairly moderate (they did not call for the elimination of the leadership role of the HRC ) program.
- On December 23, 1989, a congress of the Civil Forum was held in Prague . The congress supported the proposal of Vaclav Havel that the Civil Forum will remain a political movement with a broad social base and will not be transformed into a party or a coalition of parties.
- On December 29, 1989, the head of the Civil Forum, Vaclav Havel, was elected president of Czechoslovakia. Instead of Havel, Jan Urban became the chairman of the party.
1990
In the summer, Jan Urban resigns as party chairman, and on October 16, Vaclav Klaus was elected party chairman.
1991
In January 1991, Vaclav Klaus created the Civil Democratic Party , as a result of which the Civil Forum collapsed. The civic democratic party had a clear focus on the values of the Western model of democracy and a market economy, and was also a party in the full sense of the word.