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MP Zdenek Ondracek Out: Communist-Era Riot Cop Resigns After Mass Protests

Prague, March 6 (CTK) – Communist (KSCM) MP Zdenek Ondracek today resigned from the post of chairman of a parliamentary commission supervising the police inspection authority GIBS, he told the lower house of Czech parliament.   He took the step shortly before a vote on his dismissal was to be proposed by the right-wing opposition ...

Matt Atlas

Protests Rock Prague – Communist Riot Cop Named Head Of Security Forces

Demonstrations were held across the Czech Republic on Monday night voicing broad protest over the recent election of Communist Party MP Zdeněk Ondráček as chairman of the lower house committee overseeing the General Inspectorate of the Security Forces, which investigates the police.   Thousands gathered on Wenceslas Square in Prague as well as in Brno ...

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Petition Launched To Remove Communist Riot Cop Zdenek Ondracek As GIBS Head

Prague, March 5 (CTK) – A petition was started for the election of a new chairman of the lower house commission for the General Inspection of Security Corps (GIBS), instead of Czech Communist (KSCM) deputy Zdenek Ondracek, in Prague today.   Ondracek raised controversies as a former member of the communist riot police intervening against ...

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PM Babis Brings Chaos To Prague Politics

Prague, March 5 (CTK) – The until recently widely accepted facts that the Czech Republic is closely connected with West Europe and that the totalitarian Communist Party (KSCM) is unacceptable, have been challenged due to Prime Minister Andrej Babis (ANO), Erik Tabery writes in weekly Respekt out today.   He says this leads to a ...

Petr Dubinsky

PM Babis Cancels Australian Lithium Deal

PRAGUE — The Czech government has canceled a deal that could have given an Australian company the right to mine a huge deposit of lithium, a key component in electric batteries.   Trade and Industry Minister Tomas Huner said Thursday he had informed the European Metals Holdings company he considered the deal invalid.   Huner ...

Petr Dubinsky

PM Babis To Propose Removal Of MP Ondracek As GIBS Head

The prime minister in resignation, Andrej Babiš, says he will propose the removal of Communist MP Zdeněk Ondráček as the chairman of the lower house committee that oversees the General Inspectorate of the Security Services, which investigates police crimes.   The ANO leader made the statement on his Facebook page on Sunday evening, saying if ...

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Babis To Seek Confidence Vote – When Sure Of Success

Prague, March 3 (CTK) – Czech ANO leader Andrej Babis, who is conducting government-forming negotiations, will ask the Chamber of Deputies to take a vote of confidence in his new cabinet only if it is sure of success, he says in daily Pravo today, adding that his second attempt to win confidence would be no ...

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MP Zdenek Ondracek: Communist-Era Riot Cop To Head GIBS Security Corps

Prague, March 2 (CTK) – Communist (KSCM) MP Zdenek Ondracek was elected head of the Czech Chamber of Deputies’ commission supervising the General Inspection of Security Corps (GIBS) today, election commission head Martin Kolovratnik (ANO) has announced.   Ondracek’s nomination for the post has raised a controversy due to his past of a police officer ...