Prime Minister Robert Fico and Labour Minister Viera Tomanová. (source: Archív SME/Pavol Funtál)
Last week, the Czech election campaign was shaken by an unusual scandal involving Margita Balaštíková, a politician from Andrej Babiš’s ANO party. A secret recording revealed that, out of spite, she allegedly tried to arrange the killing of her ex-husband’s partner’s dog last year.
“When will you arrange for them to shoot her dog?” the MP can be heard asking another man in the recording, which was published last Wednesday by the news portal seznamzpravy.cz.
In response, Andrej Babiš immediately withdrew Balaštíková from the candidate list. The case is now under police investigation.
Eighteen years ago: a different dog scandal
Eighteen years earlier, then–prime minister Robert Fico staged a major revelation.
