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Czech president, who encouraged citizens to buy guns and get ready for an Islamic State invasion, wins re-election
Czech president, who encouraged citizens to buy guns and get ready for an Islamic State invasion, wins re-election
Czech president, who encouraged citizens to buy guns and get ready for an Islamic State invasion, wins re-election
PRAGUE—Czech voters re-elected their Russia-friendly president on Saturday, dealing a defeat to a center-left candidate who had pledged to reverse a growing tide of euroskepticism in the region.
Milos Zeman, the 73-year-old incumbent—who argued in his campaign that Czechs needed him to stop a wave of Muslim immigrants—took 51.4% of the vote, with almost all districts counted. The results gave 48.6% to his opponent, Jiri Drahos, a 68-year-old chemistry professor who presented himself as a centrist outsider who could unite a country polarized over Zeman’s presidency.
“If it weren’t for you, we didn’t win,” Zeman told his supporters in his victory speech, sitting crossed legged on a couch. “I would like to tell you, as my friends, one message: This, my dears, is my last political victory.”ù
Czech president, who encouraged citizens to buy guns and get ready for an Islamic State invasion, wins re-election