Police within the Czech Republic are investigating strange textual content messages that experience allegedly been despatched from retired military basic and presidential candidate Petr Pavel.
Pavel beat billionaire Andrej Babiš within the first spherical of the Czech presidential election remaining weekend.
The messages say “Thank you for voting in the first round of the presidential elections for Petr Pavel. Please now report to the nearest branch of the Armed Forces, where you will receive the necessary weapons for mobilization to Ukraine.”
The police are asking someone who has won those messages to record them instantly.
It’s nonetheless unclear who’s at the back of this marketing campaign and who those texts had been despatched to, however Pavel has denied they are from him and as an alternative accused Babiš’s camp of being at the back of it.
These messages come after weeks of accusations from the opposition claiming that if elected, Pavel will drag the rustic right into a warfare towards Russia
His major opponent Andrej Babiš post billboards suggesting that the Czech Republic can be dragged right into a full-scale warfare.
“I will not drag Czech Republic into the war. I am a diplomat. Not a soldier,” says the billboard.
Petr Pavel is a former chairman of NATO’s military committee, the alliance’s highest military body.
He has fully endorsed the country’s military and humanitarian support for Ukraine in its fight against Russia.
But the retired general has responded to the billboards by saying that no war is started by soldiers, but by politicians and that these messages are clearly fake.
Moreover, many experts have debunked Babiš’ claims that Pavel could start a war with Russia.
Jan Kysela, a constitutional law expert explained on Facebook that the President of the Czech Republic does not have the power to declare war. This decision falls on both chambers of the Parliament.
“Neither our constitutional order nor the criminal order as such confers at the President of the Republic any powers with which he may just “drag” the Czech Republic into warfare, despite the fact that he needed to take action,” concludes Kysela.
The second round of the presidential elections will take place on January 27 and 28. And both candidates have said that neither of them expects a fair fight from their opponent.
