Leaders of opposition parties in the Chamber of Deputies praised the work
of the BIS counterintelligence service after it released a report
highlighting the activities of disseminators of pro-Russian disinformation
in the Czech Republic.
The head of the Mayors and Independents group, Jan Farský, said, however,
that the work of the counterintelligence was being complicated by President
Miloš Zeman, who has repeatedly refused to promote BIS chief Michal
Koudelka to the rank of general.
Mr. Zeman’s spokesperson, Jiří Ovčáček, said it was wrong of BIS to
dub those with alternative outlooks as peddlers of disinformation. He said
this was an attack on free speech.