ER Editor: Outgoing president and wealthy businessman Andrej Babis is, we recall, not a friend to the national-populists. He was set up at the time as some sort of Trump, representing the national sovereignty agenda, but he certainly wasn’t overall. Those elected with the ‘Trump’ label turned out to be soft-end globalists who were allowed to talk tough on immigration, such as Sebastian Kurz of Austria and Matteo Salvini of Italy. Babis was one of these, we believe. Here’s Babis praising the World Economic Forum in oddly naive terms in 2019:
Prime Minister Babiš: The World Economic Forum provides the opportunity to hear lots of interesting opinions
Perhaps he wasn’t enough in their (WEF) club. Here’s a 2021 take on how they tried to get him in the Pandora Papers affair:
Pandora papers: how revelations about Czech PM could push country further from EU
And now they’ve got an ex-NATO general. Score!
Any chance of this election being rigged, like elections in so many countries? Check the last sentence of this report to understand why the NATO choice was preferred. He also supports the euro, which isn’t mentioned there.
Online media coverage of Pavel’s election win would have us believe Babis was a populist but again, we believe a false opposition has been set-up. The illusion of choice, as ever.
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New Czech president is ex-NATO general Pavel
The Czech Republic is getting a new president: Ex-NATO general Petr Pavel has won the runoff against Andrej Babiš.
FREEWEST MEDIA
PRAGUE – Former NATO general Petr Pavel (61) has become the new president of the Czech Republic. He surprisingly beat the populist (ER: ‘populist’ …) ex-prime minister and billionaire Andrej Babiš in the decisive runoff. After counting 99.9 percent of the polling stations, Pavel clearly won with 58.3 percent, while Babiš lagged behind with 41.7 percent. Voter turnout was 70.2 percent.
At the beginning of March, the ex-military man – who used to be the chief of staff in the Czech Republic – followed incumbent President Miloš Zeman (78), a friend of Russia. Zeman is leaving office on March 8. (ER: Zeman fell seriously ill back in October 2021. Clearly, they wanted Zeman, who was hanging on, removed from office.) Pavel will be sworn in as the new head of state on March 9 at Prague Castle by Senate leader Miloš Vystrčil, according to sources.
Zeman is leaving office after 10 years
Pavel thanked all voters. They have shown respect for democracy, he noted. “I can’t see any defeated voters and no victorious voters,” he said after his election. The values of truth, dignity, respect and humility won in the presidential elections, Pavel stressed, adding that in office he would like to convince all citizens to return to these values. In doing so, he once again distanced himself from Zeman and Babiš, whom he accused of having caused “disillusionment”.
Pavel holds “progressive” and woke views. He also supports same-sex marriage and adoption rights for homosexual people, and confirmed that he would not veto a law permitting same-sex marriage.
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