Czech President And Foreign Minister Quarreled In The Czech Republic

What caused it.

In the Czech Republic, a scandal has erupted between the country's president Petr Pavel and Foreign Minister Petr Macinka. The cause of the scandal was disagreement over the appointment of one of the ministers.

This was reported by Politico and Novinky.

Thus, Pawel accused Macinka of blackmail, as the latter had threatened the presidential advisor over Pawel's refusal to appoint Philippe Turek as environment minister. The latter's persona is featured in numerous scandals.

It is noted that the scandal between Pavel and Macinka has become an indicator of a deep rift in Czech politics. The president opposes the government of Prime Minister Andrzej Babiš, as Pavel is staunchly pro-Western and committed to NATO and EU interests.

President Pavel blocked Turek's candidacy as the latter has been implicated in a number of scandals and has become the subject of investigations. The president's decision has enraged Macinka.

"He (Pavel) will have peace if I get Turek for a position in the environment ministry. If not, I will burn bridges in such a way that it will go down in political science textbooks as an extreme case of coexistence," Matsinka wrote to Paul's advisor.

Matsinka also threatened that Paul, he said, would be "shocked by the consequences" if he "does nothing." The president, for his part, said Matsinka was engaging in blackmail. Police, according to Pawel, checked the messages and confirmed that they were real.

"I consider the Foreign Minister's words in the text messages an attempt at blackmail. I consider it unacceptable and, in our democratic conditions, absolutely intolerable," he said.

For his part, Macinka rejected the blackmail allegations and in turn accused Pawel of allegedly "exceeding his constitutional powers." Macinka also objected to Pavel leading the Czech delegation to the NATO summit.

"Tomorrow I leave for Brussels, where I have serious meetings scheduled, and I will spend them in a situation where the president expresses his will to correct his constitutional inconsistency, or not. It looks like he will not do so," he said.

Macinka added that in his opinion, Prime Minister Babiš should allegedly lead the delegation. At the same time, he explained his position rather obscurely, voicing yet another accusation against Pavel.

"The president does not act within the framework of the constitution, so I believe that at the upcoming NATO summit in July, the head of the Czech delegation should not be the president, but the prime minister," he said.

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