Citizens of the Czech Republic elected a new president. A retired general won the race for the country’s highest office.
Thus, the former chairman of the NATO Military Committee, Peter Pavel, became the new head of state.
About this with reference to the Czech television agency TASS.
It is noted that the retired general’s competitor, Andrei Babish, “will no longer be able to collect enough votes” to catch up with Pavel.
By the way, his victory in the elections was confirmed by Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Petr Fiala, congratulating the retired general on the significant event.
The independent candidate supported by citizens won, and the democratic values that he personified won, the head of government noted.
And among the foreign leaders, Peter Pavel was the first to be congratulated by the President of Slovakia, Zuzana Caputova.
According to official data, the winner in the second round of elections received 57.59% of the votes.
The competitor, former head of government Andrei Babish, has 42.4% of the votes.
