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Celebrations on Monday to mark the 25th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution felt more like an uprising against the current Czech president.

To cries of “Resign! Resign!” Czechs pelted President Milos Zeman with objects including eggs, sandwiches and tomatoes as he stood side-by-side with the presidents of Germany, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia at the university campus where a student rally launched the revolution in Czechoslovakia a quarter century ago.

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Security guards used big black umbrellas to shield Zeman and other presidents from flying projectiles. German President Joachim Gauck was hit in the head by an egg as the presidents were unveiling a plaque to commemorate the 1989 events.

“Shame, shame,” protesters in the crowd of thousands repeatedly shouted at Zeman, even as the other presidents were applauded. “I’m not afraid of you!” Zeman retorted to the crowd.

Anger in the Czech Republic has been growing against Zeman as critics accuse him of betraying the commitment to human rights enshrined by Vaclav Havel, the hero of the Velvet Revolution who became Czechoslovakia’s first post-communist president. Zeman’s opponents cite his pro-Russian stance in the Ukraine conflict, recent praise of Chinese leaders on a visit to China and comments seen as downplaying the police crackdown 25 years ago.