Security personnel also had to help a visibly rattled Zeman, who walks with a cane, to leave the room. Prague voter Martin Sauta said he chose Zeman as he has “the most consistent views”, while his rivals are “completely shapeless”. After voting in Prague on Friday, Drahos said the future president “should work in the interest of the pro-Western orientation of the Czech Republic” in a clear dig at Zeman. It’s clear that not everyone can agree, but the current president doesn’t unite people, he divides them,” Drahos added. “It is a clash between… the post-communist part of society represented by Zeman and the other part, say, modern, pro-Western, which simply doesn’t want this president any more,” he told AFP.

Source: The Guardian January 13, 2018 07:52 UTC