Coalition MPs urge Pavel to disclose Morocco holiday costs

Government coalition MPs have urged Czech President Petr Pavel to disclose the cost of his private holiday in Morocco amid suspicions that it was not paid for entirely from his own funds.

MPs from the ruling ANO, Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) and the Motorists want to table a motion for the Chamber of Deputies to formally call on the president to prove payment from his own account and disclose who arranged the plane that briefly brought him back to the Czech Republic on Friday to vote in local elections.

Pavel travelled to Morocco with other members of an expedition on a private plane reportedly owned by billionaire Pavel Hubáček, founder of the Creditas Group. Presidential spokesman Vojtěch Šeliga earlier told iDNES.cz that the participants shared the flight costs.