{"id":4272,"date":"2018-04-09T17:00:45","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T16:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praguebusinessjournal.com\/?p=4272"},"modified":"2020-02-04T19:45:50","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T18:45:50","slug":"babis-rejects-calls-for-his-ouster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praguebusinessjournal.com\/babis-rejects-calls-for-his-ouster\/","title":{"rendered":"Babis Rejects Calls For His Ouster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Prague, April 9 (CTK) &#8211; Prime Minister Andrej Babis (ANO) will accept the option in which President Milos Zeman may empower someone else from ANO to form a new Czech government, Babis said in an interview with the daily Lidove noviny (LN) today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Babis said, however, he did not expect Zeman to take the step.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">On Tuesday, Babis will discuss the creation of the government with Zeman.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;If he tells me that he wants to empower [Environment Minister] Richard Brabec, I will respect this,&#8221; Babis said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Babis said he did not presume the head of state would come up with the proposal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;Zeman keeps his word, he has given me a promise and time till the end of June,&#8221; Babis said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">After the October election to the Chamber of Deputies, won by ANO, Zeman assigned Babis to form a government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Babis created a one-party government, but in January, it lost the confidence vote in the Chamber of Deputies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Zeman then entrusted Babis with talks on forming a new government, giving him time till the summer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The talks with the Social Democrats (CSSD) have foundered on Babis being criminally prosecuted over an EU subsidy fraud. The Social Democrats say they will not be in a government with a criminally prosecuted person.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">So far, Babis has dismissed the option that he will not be at the head of the government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In late February, Babis said he would be the only ANO candidate for the prime minister &#8220;till his death.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">After the talks with Social Democrats collapsed last Thursday, Babis said Zeman&#8217;s position would be of major importance for further steps.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;Naturally, the view of the ANO deputy group will also be crucial,&#8221; Babis said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">So far, ANO has backed Babis&#8217;s claim to the post of prime minister.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prague, April 9 (CTK) &#8211; Prime Minister Andrej Babis (ANO) will accept the option in which President Milos Zeman may empower someone else from ANO to form a new Czech government, Babis said in an interview with the daily Lidove noviny (LN) today. &nbsp; Babis said, however, he did not expect Zeman to take the &#8230; <a title=\"Babis Rejects Calls For His Ouster\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/praguebusinessjournal.com\/babis-rejects-calls-for-his-ouster\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Babis Rejects Calls For His Ouster\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2594,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[3],"tags":[15,242,6,415],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Babis Rejects Calls For His Ouster - Prague Business Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/praguebusinessjournal.com\/babis-rejects-calls-for-his-ouster\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Babis Rejects Calls For His Ouster - Prague Business Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Prague, April 9 (CTK) &#8211; Prime Minister Andrej Babis (ANO) will accept the option in which President Milos Zeman may empower someone else from ANO to form a new Czech government, Babis said in an interview with the daily Lidove noviny (LN) today. &nbsp; Babis said, however, he did not expect Zeman to take the ... 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