{"id":7322,"date":"2019-06-24T14:48:05","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T13:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praguebusinessjournal.com\/?p=7322"},"modified":"2019-06-24T14:48:05","modified_gmt":"2019-06-24T13:48:05","slug":"demonstration-organizers-hope-to-inspire-new-political-movement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praguebusinessjournal.com\/demonstration-organizers-hope-to-inspire-new-political-movement\/","title":{"rendered":"Demonstration Organizers Hope To Inspire New Political Movement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The organizers of the demonstration calling for the resignation of the Czech prime minister say they hope a new political movement might emerge from the protests.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">The\u00a0<i>Million Moments for Democracy<\/i>\u00a0group is calling for Andrej Babis to quit over allegations that he fraudulently uses his power as Prime Minister to boost his own business interests.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">But while the group itself is to stay clear of political organizing, protest organizer Benjamin Roll said it was the lack of choice on the political horizon which enabled Babis to hold on to power.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cLots of people don\u2019t see another alternative,\u201d he told Good Morning Europe. \u201cThey think \u2018Yes, he\u2019s not so good, but we can\u2019t see anyone better\u2019. I hope this demonstration and our protests can create an environment out of which something new can grow. Some new political leaders, a new political movement. But we will stay a movement that is strictly civil society.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe biggest problem is that he owns the biggest media house in the Czech Republic so he has a big influence on the public. He claims we are paid for by who knows who and that we want advantages for ourselves, and money. This works for most people in the Czech Republic who say \u2018they are from Prague, they are paid by someone from abroad\u2019, which is not true because the protesters are paying to organize this event.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe can talk about a generational change, but I think it is important to say that the protest wasn\u2019t just about young people. It was people from all generations, there were a lot of old people, there were a lot of families. But I think it is important there is a new generation leading the protests and most of the people are from a new generation. Something is changing in the thinking of people and that\u2019s really important for our society.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The organizers of the demonstration calling for the resignation of the Czech prime minister say they hope a new political movement might emerge from the protests. &nbsp; The\u00a0Million Moments for Democracy\u00a0group is calling for Andrej Babis to quit over allegations that he fraudulently uses his power as Prime Minister to boost his own business interests. &#8230; <a title=\"Demonstration Organizers Hope To Inspire New Political Movement\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/praguebusinessjournal.com\/demonstration-organizers-hope-to-inspire-new-political-movement\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Demonstration Organizers Hope To Inspire New Political Movement\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7327,"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":[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>Demonstration Organizers Hope To Inspire New Political Movement - 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\/demonstration-organizers-hope-to-inspire-new-political-movement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Demonstration Organizers Hope To Inspire New Political Movement - Prague Business Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The organizers of the demonstration calling for the resignation of the Czech prime minister say they hope a new political movement might emerge from the protests. &nbsp; The\u00a0Million Moments for Democracy\u00a0group is calling for Andrej Babis to quit over allegations that he fraudulently uses his power as Prime Minister to boost his own business interests. ... 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