{"id":4761,"date":"2018-05-11T16:22:03","date_gmt":"2018-05-11T15:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praguebusinessjournal.com\/?p=4761"},"modified":"2020-02-04T19:49:41","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T18:49:41","slug":"opposition-blasts-babiss-populist-communist-cabinet-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praguebusinessjournal.com\/opposition-blasts-babiss-populist-communist-cabinet-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition Blasts Babis\u2019s Populist, Communist Cabinet Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Prague, May 11 (CTK) &#8211; The draft policy statement of a nascent next Czech cabinet of ANO and the Social Democrats (CSSD) consists of ineffective leftist plans and populist phrases, and the minority cabinet relying on Communist support would be semi-Communist, Civic Democrat (ODS) leader Petr Fiala said today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">He commented on the draft that has been approved by the ANO leadership today and is to be discussed by the CSSD leadership before being submitted to the CSSD rank and file to decide on in a party referendum.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Fiala said the important thing is not only what the draft contains but also what it does not contain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;Prime Minister [and ANO chairman Andrej] Babis should therefore clearly tell the public under what personnel conditions the KSCM will join the government [alliance],&#8221; Fiala said, alluding to the KSCM&#8217;s demands for seats on the boards of state-run companies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">TOP 09 deputy chairwoman Marketa Pekarova Adamova said the CSSD excessively yielded to ANO in the government-forming negotiations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;Eyeing ministerial seats&#8230;, the CSSD seems to have given in and ceased to mind [Babis as] a prosecuted prime minister and the KSCM&#8217;s share in power,&#8221; Pekarova Adamova told CTK.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Babis is prosecuted over a suspected EU subsidy fraud dating back to the late 2000s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Pekarova Adamova said she is waiting to see the outcome of the CSSD referendum to be held in the next four weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Fiala said the draft government policy statement, which the government, if established, would submit to the Chamber of Deputies for approval in a confidence vote, is based on a combination of ineffective leftist solutions along with populist phrases.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;I can see nothing in it that would reduce bureaucracy in the country, facilitate the life of active and hard-working people and raise the living standard of citizens. It is a bad piece of news for all self-employed people and small and medium-sized tradespeople, a bad piece of news for those who seek deregulation and a reduction of bureaucracy,&#8221; Fiala said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The CSSD is expected to release the result of its internal referendum on whether to form a government with ANO, the winner of the October 2017 elections, under the conditions as agreed upon by the two parties&#8217; leaderships.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">On Saturday, the draft policy statement will be assessed by the leadership of the KSCM, the party which is supposed to tolerate the coalition government and whose 15 seats in the 200-seat lower house secure the government&#8217;s majority of 108.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Negotiations between ANO and the KSCM about an agreement on the latter&#8217;s latent support for the cabinet will be discussed next week.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prague, May 11 (CTK) &#8211; The draft policy statement of a nascent next Czech cabinet of ANO and the Social Democrats (CSSD) consists of ineffective leftist plans and populist phrases, and the minority cabinet relying on Communist support would be semi-Communist, Civic Democrat (ODS) leader Petr Fiala said today. &nbsp; He commented on the draft &#8230; <a title=\"Opposition Blasts Babis\u2019s Populist, Communist Cabinet Policy\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/praguebusinessjournal.com\/opposition-blasts-babiss-populist-communist-cabinet-policy\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Opposition Blasts Babis\u2019s Populist, Communist Cabinet Policy\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4653,"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":[15,17,96,313,6,97],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Opposition Blasts Babis\u2019s Populist, Communist Cabinet Policy - 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\/opposition-blasts-babiss-populist-communist-cabinet-policy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Opposition Blasts Babis\u2019s Populist, Communist Cabinet Policy - Prague Business Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Prague, May 11 (CTK) &#8211; The draft policy statement of a nascent next Czech cabinet of ANO and the Social Democrats (CSSD) consists of ineffective leftist plans and populist phrases, and the minority cabinet relying on Communist support would be semi-Communist, Civic Democrat (ODS) leader Petr Fiala said today. &nbsp; He commented on the draft ... 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