ANO’s nominee for interior minister discusses pay rises and EU Migration Pact with president

Lubomír Metnar, the ANO party’s candidate for interior minister, met with President Petr Pavel on Tuesday to outline his priorities in office. He said after the meeting that they had discussed planned pay increases for police and firefighters as well as the EU’s Migration Pact and had found agreement on all security-related issues.

The president is gradually meeting with all nominees for ministerial posts. So far the process has gone smoothly for all those interviewed. The most controversial of the nominees - Filip Turek of the Motorists' party, who is slated for the post of environment minister –is due to meet with the president next week.  Police are investigating social media posts by Turek as possible criminal offenses, including incitement to hatred, defamation of nation or race, and approval of a crime. While stressing that the presumption of innocence applies and that Turek is not facing any charges, President Pavel said earlier that higher standards must apply to politicians.