Pavel Urges Politicians to Calm Tensions over Public Media Funding

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President Petr Pavel asked politicians to calm emotions and follow established parliamentary rules. He said he was watching the tense situation in the Chamber with concern. The unexpected negotiations on the fees of Czech Television and Czech Radio and the night vote undermine faith in good intentions and lead to doubts about the intentions of the submitters, Pavel said.

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Prime Minister Andrej Babiš today compared the nightly demonstration in front of the Chamber of Deputies, where a vote was held on the abolition of concession fees for public media, to the attack on the US Capitol several years ago. President Petr Pavel called for calm. At the same time, he expressed doubts about the good intentions of the government camp regarding the vote.

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On Saturday afternoon, President Petr Pavel commented on the stormy night-time meeting of the Chamber of Deputies, during which the government coalition hastily pushed through the first reading of a proposal to abolish public service media fees.