Czech politicians of all stripes joined forces on Tuesday to slam the country’s outspoken president after he publicly mulled using a Kalashnikov machine gun to get rid of the prime minister, a political rival.
Both leftists, President Milos Zeman and Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka were once allies but their relationship has soured amid Europe’s record migrant crisis, with Sobotka supporting but Zeman staunchly opposing the influx.
Asked at a public debate yesterday on how people could get rid of the pro-migrant Sobotka, Zeman said: “There is only one democratic option, which is a general election.”
“A non-democratic option is a Kalashnikov,” added the 71-year-old veteran leftwinger, the first-ever directly elected president of the Czech Republic, referring to the iconic Russian-made weapon.