{"id":43683,"date":"2026-04-09T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gnews.cz\/?p=43683"},"modified":"2026-04-27T14:06:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T12:06:42","slug":"ceska-politicka-scena-v-plnem-proudu-prezident-pavel-si-stezuje-rozpoctovi-paraziti-dostali-ranu-a-petr-holec-ve-svem-viralnim-videu-odhalil-zaujatost-ceske-televize-petr-holec-zive-268","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gnews.cz\/en\/rozhovory\/ceska-politicka-scena-v-plnem-proudu-prezident-pavel-si-stezuje-rozpoctovi-paraziti-dostali-ranu-a-petr-holec-ve-svem-viralnim-videu-odhalil-zaujatost-ceske-televize-petr-holec-zive-268\/","title":{"rendered":"Czech political scene in full swing: president Pavel complains, budget parasites get hit and Petr Holec reveals Czech TV bias in his viral video (Petr Holec live #268)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Discover an explosive Czech political drama in which President Petr Pavel whines about NATO's neglect, Filip Turek removes \u201eleeches\u201c from environmental NGOs from the state budget, and calls for the privatisation of the biased Czech Television (CT) grow louder. Petr Holec's energetic YouTube stream 268 dissects the successes of government austerity, the hypocrisy of cultural subsidies, and the collapse of the opposition - essential viewing for fans of world politics who follow European fiscal measures.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the exciting world of Czech politics, few people speak louder than master Petr Holec<\/strong>, a commentator who doesn't mess around and whose Wednesday night live broadcast on his YouTube channel Xaver Live<\/strong> attracts tens of thousands of people eager for the unvarnished truth. Episode 268, entitled \u201ePavel whines, Turek kills leeches and other crap on Czech TV\u201c, is a masterful display of great passion. Broadcast live on April 8, 2026 in front of more than 10,600 viewers, Holec dissects with infectious energy the bold austerity moves of the Fial government after the 2021 election - now amplified by the 2025 changes. For ordinary people around the world, tired of taxpayer waste and elite whining, it's politics as thriller: heroes carving \u201eleeches\u201c out of the budget, villains like President Peter Paul playing opposition leader, and a clarion call to eliminate state media bias.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Petr Holec begins with a sharp reference to Peter Paul, the former general and current president, and mocks his \u201ewhining\u201c about not being invited to the NATO summit. \u201ePresident Petr Pavel is whining badly. That's not my word, that's his favourite word,\u201c Holec jokes, enjoying the news from Prague Castle. Pavel, who is considered a leftist despite his independence, demands to attend despite Foreign Minister Petr Macinka's veto - constitutional protocol be damned. Holec storms, \u201ePetr Pavel is the leader of the opposition... he is pushing the opposition agenda.\u201c Former presidents such as V\u00e1clav Klaus, Milo\u0161 Zeman and V\u00e1clav Havel have never clashed in this way; Pavel's threats to sue the Constitutional Court (filled with judges appointed by him) smacks of \u201econstitutional putsch.\u201c The audience cheers, \u201eDo you think that stupid bastard will take the Prime Minister to the NATO summit?\u201c Holec predicts that Pavel will be a mere \u201ephotographer\u201c on the sidelines, and links this to scandals such as the blocking of Filip Turk's appointment as minister - now Turk's revenge is sweet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A star enters the scene: Filip Turek, a heavyweight of the Motorists\u201e Party and Highways Commissioner, hailed as a \u201ctough guy\u201e like Slovakia's Robert Fico. Turek has embarked on a hunt for \u201cleeches\u201e and is drastically cutting subsidies to parasitic entities. Culture Minister Otakar \u201cOtok\u201e Klemp\u00ed\u0159 dismisses the head of the Prague Spring Festival, Martin Baxa: \u201cKlemp\u00ed\u0159 dismissed Baxa... I like that!\u201e Turek, however, steals the show, becoming deputy chairman of the State Environmental Fund and cutting funding for the Rainbow Movement - branded \u201ceco-terrorists\u201e and \u201cdeep state\u201e lobbyists linked to George Soros. \u201cYou won't get a single crown anymore,\u201e Turek tweets, exposing Rainbow's false claims of \u201cprivate donors\u201e with diagrams by lawyer Robert Kocian: millions from ministries flowing through loops. Turek cuts CZK 128.5 million for GF9 environmental conferences: \u201cHe recommended to let the cuts ... be made at the conferences and troll the eco-fart.\u201e Holec explodes: \u201cThe motorists have set out to crucify these octopuses... This is the cancer of politics!\" Even Prague 20 official Jan Biderman threatens Turk over his loyalty to Peter Paul, underscoring the elites' disgust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Demonstrators from the \u201eNational Cultural Front\u201c movement are calling for unchanged budgets, despite the fact that Babi\u0161's ANO movement is preaching austerity measures. Petr Holec exposes the hypocrisy: \u201eThe National Cultural Front... where does it come from... we have to save money.\u201c Actress Dagmar Zlatohl\u00e1vkov\u00e1 promotes cycling instead of using oil; Holec replies, \u201eThanks actually for the actress Zlatohl\u00e1vkov\u00e1... Have they tried to earn the money themselves at least once in their lives?\u201c Private theatres like Ostrava's Peace Theatre thrive without subsidies - proof that art does not need \u201eother people's money\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The jewel in the crown? Czech Television (CT) and Czech Radio (CRO), criticized as \u201estate television\u201c posing as independent. Petr Holec harshly criticises CT's coverage of the Sparta-Pardubice match and the rigged debates: one critic (Ladislav Jakl) against pre-selected defenders. Jakl put it precisely: \u201eFree art as the right to other people's money... Independent culture... are as independent as a junkie on his dope.\u201c Holec demands, \u201eWe should abolish Czech Television... Let's put an end to it.\u201c Privatise the brand and archive cheaply - no need for mega-studios. \u201eYou buy a brand... you don't need a mega campus... you would buy content, you would buy some staff.\u201c CT staff lie about \u201etotalitarian\u201c funding; Holec calls \u201eUsing the word independent criminal.\u201c Scandals like Takac, Reznicek, and mobilization prove irreparable - as does \u201epancreatic cancer\u201c (pancreatic cancer).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Petr Holec, who is defending the government after three months in power, calls for patience: \u201eHave patience, don't judge it by three months.\u201c Pavel Novotn\u00fd of the ODS returns after his release from prison (\u201eFrom prison to the ODS\u201c), raids rage in Brno over subsidies, Ukrainian veterans pose a risk (Fico warned about this years ago). The Dosimetry Commission (Dr. Rajchl, Renata Vesecka) investigates the chaos around bitcoins; cover-up manoeuvres around the Prague shooting exposed. Opposition tweets like the one from Jana - \u201eThe party with 7 % here will determine where the president can travel\u201c - reveal \u201etotalitarian thinking\u201c. Holec scoffs: \u201eDemocracy is just that and only applies when they win.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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