January in Czech politics is marked by presidential elections. The first round, held on 13-14 January, selected 2 main candidates: erstwhile Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (35% of the vote) and General Petr Pavel (35.4% of the vote). The next vote will take place on 27-28 January.
Two candidates remained in the race for president of the Czech Republic. The fight between competitors is fierce, as the results of the vote indicate. In addition, elections are being held at a time erstwhile the war is inactive in advancement in Ukraine, which will undoubtedly affect accents on the last simple electoral run and the mobilisation of electorates.
The winner of the first circular of voting was the erstwhile general Petr Pavel, he managed to score 35.40% of the vote, with a turnout of 68.23%. The candidate began his service in 1983 in the Czechoslovakian People's Army, and 2 years later joined the Communist organization of Czechoslovakia. As a military, he was responsible, among another things, for electronic reconnaissance, including interception and analysis of news from the NATO Army. His political opponents mentioned it to him in the election campaign, although he himself did not hide it. In 1989, Pavel began training in military intelligence, however, he became a associate after strategy changes. After the velvet revolution until 1993, he served in the Czechoslovakian military interview. In January 1993, as a lieutenant colonel, as part of the UNPROFOR mission in the Croatian Country, he commanded a 29-man squad that rescued 53 French soldiers from Serbs commanded by Željko Ražnatović. Until his retirement, he served in the Czech army and held advanced positions within NATO. From July 2011 to June 2012, he was Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces. On 29 June 2012, president Václav Klaus appointed him Chief of Staff, which took over on 1 July 2012 and held until 30 April 2015. From 2015 to 2018, he was the head of the NATO Military Committee. He retired in 2018 and became active in political life. The candidate for president of the Czech Republic officially announced on 6 September 2022. Pavel runs the run under the motto “Let us reconstruct peace and order to the Czech Republic” (“Vraťme Česku řád a clid”).
Děkuji prof. @danusenerudova for her love congratulations, která přišla and s manželem @RNeruda říci personalna na náš volební štáb. Vážím si jejího přístupu během cellé campaně, kerou vedla slušně a férově. A děkuji jí, that do kampaně vnesla so často opomíjená, but důležitá témata. pic.twitter.com/wizB9hyaQt
— Petr Pavel (@general_pavel) January 14, 2023
It's worth bringing forward the views the winner of the first circular of elections has. While inactive active in the military, he considered Russia to be the biggest threat to the North Atlantic Alliance, while the issue of the threat of terrorism or the migration crisis was overestimated. He positively assessed Poland's approach to the situation in Ukraine and its assessment of Russia. He called for an increase in NATO's presence in Central Europe. He supported Turkey's actions against Kurds in Syria. On social issues, he supports liberal-left demands. He advocates alleged homomaritalism and the anticipation of homosexual adoption of children. He besides expressed support for euthanasia. He advocates the adoption of the Euro. authoritative support was given to the candidate in office of Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala.
"The danger is that we will start moving not only towards populism, but we will besides begin to deviate from the course that we have been following for the last 30 years, clearly pro-democratic, pro-Western, pro-European candidate Petr Pavel.
The second candidate to win 35% of the vote is erstwhile Prime Minister Andrej. The politician is Slovak, who has been surviving permanently in Prague since 1997. He completed economical studies in Bratislava and worked at Petrimex, which was controlled by the state abroad trade headquarters. In the 1980s, he belonged as General Petr Pavel to the Communist organization of Czechoslovakia. During the communist period, he was to be a secret associate Státní Bezpečnost, Czechoslovakian equivalent of the safety Service. The politician denied it, however, the court confirmed that he was an associate of the secret political police. In 1994, after taking over part of the company, he founded a private company Agrofert, a food, agricultural and commercial specialist. By buying and acquiring more companies, he led to the creation of a holding covering more than 250 economical operators, maintaining control over it. "Forbes" in 2013 placed it on 736. place of the list of the richest people in the world, in 2nd place in the Czech Republic, estimating his assets at $2 billion.
Děkuju strašně power vám všem, kdo jste volili Babiše. pic.twitter.com/usQn82Qgye
— Andrej Babiš (@AndrejBabis) January 14, 2023
In 2012, he registered a political organization called ANO 2011, proclaiming the slogan of fighting corruption and healing the political system, declaring his participation in the parliamentary elections. The improvement of the party's activities coincided with Agrofert's acquisition of the MAFRA media group, issuing among others 1 of the largest Czech newspapers "Mladá fronta Dnes". He thus took control of the largest media group in the country, which besides included “Lidové noviny”. He served as Minister of Finance from 29 January 2014 to 24 May 2017. In turn, following the triumph of the ANO group in the 2017 parliamentary election, he was president of the Council of Ministers. He served from 13 December 2017 to 17 December 2021. His organization then won 29.6% of the vote. He was replaced as Prime Minister by Petr Fiala now in office. Babiš creates himself as an anti-establishment policy. He rejects the allegations of fraud against him during his offices as ‘politically motivated’. It is worth noting that on 9 January 2023, a fewer days before the first circular of voting, he was acquitted by the court of first instance in connection with the fraud of EU grants. He announced that as president, he would not let the Czech Republic to engage in the war in Ukraine and not let mobilization. After the first round, he announced that he would effort to organize a kind of peace summit between Russia and Ukraine in the Czech Republic at the Prague Castle at the President's seat. Prime Minister Piotr Fiala did not sympathize with him, who spared no offensive words towards politics.
Druhé kolo prezidentské volby bude nelehký souuj mezi hodnotami.
Populismus, lži a příklon k Rusk proti democracy, respect k ústavě a prozápadní orientali. Já budu podporovat druhé hodnoty, proto vyzývám všechny to subpořili Petra Pavla. (3/3)
— Petr Fiala (@P_Fiala) January 14, 2023
- I'm sorry. The second circular of the presidential election will be a hard conflict between values. Populism, lies and leaning towards Russia against democracy, respect for constitution and pro-Western orientation. I will support another values, so I call on everyone to support Peter Pavle - Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala.
nationalists.net/I'm sorry.♪ Oh, yeah ♪== sync, corrected by elderman ==♪ Oh, yeah ♪== sync, corrected by elderman ==♪ Oh, yeah ♪energy24.com
