Over 70,000 people on Wenceslas Square are demanding the government’s resignation and energy solutions

The protest called Czech Republic in 1st place attracted 70,000 people to Prague’s Wenceslas Square on Saturday afternoon. According to their words, the demonstrators are demanding the resignation of the government, which does not care about them in a difficult economic situation and does not know how to deal with skyrocketing prices. Shortly after the start of the demonstration, Wenceslas Square was filled from the highway to Štěpánská Street, and the crowd grew even thicker. According to Prime Minister Petr Fiala, the protest was called by pro-Russian forces that are against the interests of the Czech Republic.

Organizers expected tens of thousands of people to attend the event. The police first estimated the number of participants in the demonstration at 50,000, later increasing the estimate to 70,000. We estimate the number of participants at 2:30 p.m. to be about 70,000,” the police said on https://twitter.com/televizninoviny/status/1566041062464004096?s=20&t=CySK_NVtxcGTlRFRSNlU1Q.

The demonstration is a joint action of organizations, political parties and citizens who disagree with current politics and want change. For example, representatives of the SPD, Tricolor or communist movements should speak.

The organizers of the demonstration have previously stated that they want the current government to leave, the impact of the energy crisis to be mitigated and the damage to be repaired. They demand freeing the domestic industry from dependence on foreign companies, as well as military neutrality and ensuring direct contracts with gas suppliers at low prices, especially with Russia. According to them, the Czech Republic needs to change the system of distribution and payments for electricity so that it does not pay intermediaries on the stock exchange.

Former president of the Agrarian Chamber Zdeněk Jandejsek or energy expert Vladimír Štěpán should speak at today’s event. According to the website of the event, SPD deputy Jiří Kobza, chairwoman of the Trikolora movement Zuzana Majerová and communist candidate for president Josef Skála are also scheduled to speak.

“It is clear that Russian propaganda and disinformation campaigns appear repeatedly on our territory, and someone simply succumbs to them,” said Fiala.