President Miloš Zeman again rejects promoting BIS head Koudelka to rank of general

President Miloš Zeman yet again refused to raise the head of the country’s counter-intelligence service BIS Michal Koudelka to the rank of general.

The government of Prime Minister Petr Fiala nominated Mr Koudelka on the occasion on May 8, the anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe, which is a national holiday in the Czech Republic.

The president, who has been highly critical of the work of the counter-intelligence service in highlighting the activities of Russian and Chinese agents on Czech territory, has refused to raise Michal Koudelka to the rank of general six times in the past.