[3] Party's leader Petr Mach mentioned possibility of holding primaries in an interview for server Česká pozice[4] In May 2012, it was reported that Party of Free Citizens considers to nominate Ladislav Jakl, the secretary of incumbent president Václav Klaus.

Jakl received support from party's leadership on 28 May.

Party of Free Citizens didn't have enough members of parliament and so Jakl needed 50,000 of signatures.

Party of Free Citizens started to gather signatures after the primaries ended.

[8] Jakl eventually failed to gather enough signatures.