Former Prime Minister, presidential candidate of the Czech Republic Andrej Babiš spoke about the letter received by his wife with threats and a live cartridge, writes IDnes.
“This morning, security handed me an envelope addressed to my wife Monica, it contained a live cartridge and an anonymous message full of threats. That is, it is about intimidating a presidential candidate and members of his family, which should not be in a free society”the politician said.
According to him, the police have already launched an investigation into the incident. He did not disclose other details.
At the same time, Babiš spoke about the growing radicalization of society and spoke about a trip to the city of Jablonec nad Nisou. According to him, the crowd almost crushed him and his wife and behaved very aggressively.
“It’s not normal that our fellow citizens are afraid to support me, because they are insulted and threatened”added the politician.
On January 13-14, the first round of presidential elections took place in the Czech Republic. None of the candidates won the majority of votes: the former head of the NATO Military Committee, Army General in reserve Petr Pavel, with 35.4% of the votes, and ex-prime minister, billionaire Andrei Babish, with 34.99%, got into the second round. The second round of elections will be held on January 27-28.
