Retired general Pavel is the leader in the poll before the presidential elections in the Czech Republic
PRAGUE, 21 january (Reuters) – A poll conducted by Czech TV on Saturdayflour according to the results, the retired general Petr Pavel held on January 27-28 the president billionaire former in the second round of elections Prime Minister Andrey Babis won with a 15 percent advantage.
After Pavel narrowly beat Babis in the first round of last weekend’s election, the two are facing each other in a run-off vote starting next Friday, although neither managed to win a majority of the vote.
The poll showed Pavel leading with 53%, 38% for Babis, 9% undecided. Expected voter turnout could be as high as 84% in next weekend’s poll, which in the Czech Republic the president is the highest indicator during the elections.
This task execution does not carry the power, but the prime ministers, central bank has important powers in appointing its leaders and nominating judges to the constitutional court.
Presidents also have a limited say in foreign policy.
Both NATOhigh ranking in military former incumbent general Pavel, but also in 2017-2021 Prime Minister Babis, the militant opposition leader who served as the incumbent, is likely to resign the president They will be more pro-Western than Milos Zeman.
61-year-old Pavel is decidedly pro-Western and will come to Ukraine military supports aid and the adoption of the euro.
68-year-old Babis, who built a chemical, agricultural and media empire, is currently registered in trust funds, according to Zeman’s rule of law Europe He shares a warm relationship with Hungarian Viktor Orbán, who is at odds with his union.
Babis to Ukraine in the past military spoke out against aid and declared his ambitions to hold a peace summit last week while attacking Pavel for being pro-war.
Pavel Babis, who is backed by the center-right government, accused him of intimidation.
Some voters expressed disappointment that the first-round winners were both members of the Communist Party before the end of their rule in 1989.
Babis worked in foreign trade and undercover during the communist era the police has been registered as an informant, which he denies. Pavel started his military career in the 1980s and entered the military intelligence course, which he graduated after the fall of the communist regime.
Reporting by Michael Kahn and Robert Muller Editing by Emelia Sithole-Matarise
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2023-01-22 07:05:00
Source – reuters
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