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Czech Rep.: Zeman confirmed as president with 52%

'I will be more humble, I will not disappoint voters'

27 January, 19:21
(ANSA) - PRAGUE, JAN 27 - Outgoing President Milos Zeman won the elections in the Czech Republic. The latest polls (95%) confirmed that Zeman is ahead with 52% against Dragos's 48%. The turnout is 66.5%.

Czech president, Milos Zeman, wants to be ''more humble and less arrogant'' in the future, he said today in Prague immediately after his re-election. ''As I grow older, I want to be a little more humble and more sensitive to the opinions of people who do not share my position''. ''I would like to be less arrogant, even if some I will not appreciate some people at all'', he added. ''2.8 million voters have expressed confidence in me, and I will be facing the challenges over the next five years with the energy conveyed into me by these Czech citizens. I am not going to disappoint them'', he told his voters and staff.

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