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Prague, April 7 (CTK) – An early election is no solution to the situation with the forming of a new Czech government, Prime Minister Andrej Babis (ANO), whose cabinet did not win parliament’s confidence in January, told journalists today.<\/span><\/p>\n

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“Nobody wants an early election, we must find some other solution to create a government as soon as possible because all of us are tired of it,” Babis said after ANO’s talks with the Social Democrats (CSSD) failed on Thursday night.<\/span><\/p>\n

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He did not say whether he would try to restart the talks with the CSSD, but only expressed regret over the failure of the negotiations.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Babis said he would continue negotiating with the other parties after his planned meeting with President Milos Zeman.<\/span><\/p>\n

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It is Zeman who “deals the cards” now, he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

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“He is the one who will say whom he will entrust (with forming the next government). Let’s wait until Thursday night and see,” Babis said about Zeman.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Babis dismissed the criticism of the other parties who blamed him for the fact that the country has been without a standard government for four months. He indicated that “the so-called democratic parties” are responsible for this.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Babis repeatedly said the government-forming negotiations failed because the CSSD insisting on having the post of interior minister. He claimed that an expert rather than a politician occupies the post in his minority cabinet.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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