Zeman 'unable to perform for another term', says rival candidate

Czech presidential candidate Mirek Topolanek believes that President Milos Zeman, if re-elected, would not be able to exercise his post for another five years due to being ill, he said at a press conference on Wednesday. Topolanek said the Czech Republic needed a strong president with sufficient experience and energy and one who would stand up for the people facing Brussels and the country's current strong prime minister Andrej Babis (ANO). Zeman "divides society, which makes him a weak president", he said. As a reason for Zeman's strong base of supporters, Topolanek cited the fact that his voters had not seen him lately, stressing that he was in poor health.