Okamura re-elected leader of Freedom and Direct Democracy party

Tomio Okamura has been re-elected chairman of the Freedom and Direct Democracy party. He received the backing of 195 out of 216 delegates at a congress in Prague on Saturday. The result means that Mr. Okamura will lead the anti-migrant, Eurosceptic party – which he founded in 2015 – for another three years.

Mr. Okamura opened the party conference, which was also attended by ex-president Miloš Zeman, by criticizing the government and rejecting war, migration and the euro.