Ex-NATO official Pavel launches campaign for presidency

Petr Pavel has officially announced that he will stand in elections to the Czech presidency in January next year. Mr. Pavel is a former Czech Army general and was chairman of the NATO Military Committee for three years.

On Tuesday he presented his campaign slogan, “Let’s bring order and calm back to Czechia”.

Mr. Pavel is regarded as one of the favourites to succeed Miloš Zeman as head of state. Some polls suggest he could beat Andrej Babiš, who has not declared his candidacy, in a second-round run-off.