Would-be presidential candidates submit signatures on deadline day

Would-be candidates for president of Czechia delivered boxes of signatures to the Ministry of the Interior in Prague on Tuesday, the deadline for registry.

If backing has not been secured from legislators, 50,000 signatures are required to qualify for the elections.

A number of prospective candidates collected far more than that number, in case some of the signatures gathered are rejected.

Some 21 people succeeded in registering before the deadline passed.

Presidential elections are set to take place over two rounds in January.