The 68-year-old said this in a post on "Facebook": "I will run for the presidency of the Czech Republic".
Babis is the leader of the populist movement Ano (Yes), which narrowly lost last year’s general election due to a three-party center-right coalition led by incumbent Prime Minister Peter Fiala.
Babish is accused of removing a farm that belonged to him from his group in 2007 "Agrofert" For food, chemicals and media, to enable them to benefit from aid granted to small businesses.
and go "Twitter"Fiala indicated that Babish is trying to win his presidential candidacy immunityNote that the presidential election will be held in January.
According to the Czech constitution, an incumbent president cannot be impeached.
According to polls, former General Peter Pavel, who headed the NATO Military Committee between 2015 and 2018, will be Babish’s most important competitor.
The winner will succeed the veteran left-wing president Milo Zemanto which the constitution prohibits running for a new term after holding the presidency for two terms starting in 2013.
Despite Babish’s accusation, his party is in the lead "the egg" Polls with about 30 per cent of voting intentions, while the Civic Democratic Party led by Villa comes second with about 20 per cent.
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Babish served as prime minister between 2017 and 2021 and is being tried in a corruption case related to aid from … European Union worth two million dollars.
“I will run for the presidency of the Czech Republic,” the 68-year-old said in a Facebook post.
Babis is the leader of the populist movement Ano (Yes), which narrowly lost last year’s general election due to a three-party center-right coalition led by incumbent Prime Minister Peter Fiala.
Babish is accused of removing a farm he owns from his “Agrofert” group for food, chemicals and media in 2007 to enable it to benefit from aid granted to small businesses.
On “Twitter”, Viala indicated that Babish is trying to win his presidential candidacy immunityNote that the presidential election will be held in January.
According to the Czech constitution, an incumbent president cannot be impeached.
According to polls, former General Peter Pavel, who headed the NATO Military Committee between 2015 and 2018, will be Babish’s most important competitor.
The winner will succeed the veteran left-wing president Milo Zemanto which the constitution prohibits running for a new term after holding the presidency for two terms starting in 2013.
Despite Babis’ accusation, his “Anu” party leads the polls with around 30 percent of voting intentions, while Fiala’s Democratic Civic Party is second with around 20 percent.
