PRAGUE: Retired North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) general Petr Pavel defeated a billionaire former prime minister in an election run-off on Saturday (Jan 28) to become the fourth president of the Czech Republic. Pavel, a former paratrooper, won 58.3 per cent of votes while Andrej Babis scored 41.7
PRAGUE: Retired North Atlantic Treaty Organization general Petr Pavel defeated a billionaire former prime minister in an election run-off on Saturday to become the fourth president of the Czech Republic.
"I can see that values such as truth, dignity, respect and humility have prevailed in this election," he added. Babis and his family have been targeted by death threats, while Pavel was the victim of a hoax claiming that he was dead as disinformation plagued the final campaign. Babis, who served as Czech prime minister from 2017 to 2021, congratulated Pavel and admitted defeat.
Slovak President Zuzana Caputova travelled to Prague to congratulate Pavel in person, saying she was happy that"in our region and in Europe, there is a new head of state who honours democratic values". "We have no better alternative. We should use all opportunities offered by membership and try to change that which we don't like," he said on his campaign website.
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