{"id":7299,"date":"2019-06-21T16:24:28","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T15:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praguebusinessjournal.com\/?p=7299"},"modified":"2019-06-21T16:24:28","modified_gmt":"2019-06-21T15:24:28","slug":"slovak-president-backs-anti-babis-protesters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praguebusinessjournal.com\/slovak-president-backs-anti-babis-protesters\/","title":{"rendered":"Slovak President Backs Anti-Babis Protesters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The newly installed Slovak president Zuzana \u010caputov\u00e1, who visited Prague on Monday, expressed her understanding for people who are demonstrating against Prime Minister Andrej Babi\u0161 and for independent judiciary.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a concert in her honour at Prague\u2019s Kampa island, the Slovak head of state said drew analogy with last year\u2019s demonstrations in Slovakia against the government led by Prime Minister Robert Fico. &#8220;What these demonstrations have in common is their peaceful tone&#8221;, Mrs \u010caputov\u00e1 said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A series of protest took place in the Czech Republic in recent weeks against PM Babi\u0161 and his appointment of Marie Bene\u0161ov\u00e1 as justice minister. The most recent rally in Prague was attended by an estimated 120,000 people. Another demonstration is due to take place on June 23 on Prague\u2019s Letn\u00e1 plain, the venue of the largest anti-regime demonstrations of November 1989.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The newly installed Slovak president Zuzana \u010caputov\u00e1, who visited Prague on Monday, expressed her understanding for people who are demonstrating against Prime Minister Andrej Babi\u0161 and for independent judiciary. &nbsp; Speaking at a concert in her honour at Prague\u2019s Kampa island, the Slovak head of state said drew analogy with last year\u2019s demonstrations in Slovakia &#8230; <a title=\"Slovak President Backs Anti-Babis Protesters\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/praguebusinessjournal.com\/slovak-president-backs-anti-babis-protesters\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Slovak President Backs Anti-Babis Protesters\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7301,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","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":[20,3],"tags":[15],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Slovak President Backs Anti-Babis Protesters - 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\/slovak-president-backs-anti-babis-protesters\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Slovak President Backs Anti-Babis Protesters - Prague Business Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The newly installed Slovak president Zuzana \u010caputov\u00e1, who visited Prague on Monday, expressed her understanding for people who are demonstrating against Prime Minister Andrej Babi\u0161 and for independent judiciary. &nbsp; Speaking at a concert in her honour at Prague\u2019s Kampa island, the Slovak head of state said drew analogy with last year\u2019s demonstrations in Slovakia ... 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