Poll has become a tussle between three frontrunners whose campaigns have all hit problems
go to the polls this week to elect a new president in a contest that could set the country on a renewed path of populism or bring to office a national unifier promising to heal divisions opened up by the rumbustious incumbent, Miloš Zeman.
At stake is the right to a venerated office, based in Prague’s imperious castle, that holds a significant moral and symbolic authority critics say Zeman has abused by voicing support for Vladimir Putin , agitating for closer ties with China and belittling the efforts of the Czech intelligence services.
Andrej Babiš, a former prime minister, Petr Pavel, a retired general and former army chief of staff, and Danuše Nerudová, an academic economist and the only female candidate, have all been recording support at about the mid-20s level in recent surveys.Photograph: Martin Divíšek/EPA Babiš, 68, only declared his candidacy in late October after months of hedging his bets and touring the country in a camper van in an unofficial campaign during which he poured scorn on the estimated 400,000 Ukrainian refugees in the Czech Republic and expressed scepticism about western military aid for Ukraine.
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