{"id":7530,"date":"2019-07-15T17:32:34","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T16:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praguebusinessjournal.com\/?p=7530"},"modified":"2019-07-15T17:32:34","modified_gmt":"2019-07-15T16:32:34","slug":"cssd-gives-hamacek-mandate-to-exit-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praguebusinessjournal.com\/cssd-gives-hamacek-mandate-to-exit-government\/","title":{"rendered":"CSSD Gives Hamacek Mandate To Exit Government"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article\">\n<p>The Social Democrat leadership agreed on Monday to support party chairman Jan Ham\u00e1\u010dek\u2019s mandate to negotiate whether to remain in the minority government of Prime Minister Andrej Babi\u0161 (ANO). They also confirmed their choice for culture minister.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some Social Democrats have been calling to exit the government due to a long-running dispute over replacing Minister of Culture Anton\u00edn Stan\u011bk, himself a member of the centre-left party.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The crisis stems in part from President Milo\u0161 Zeman\u2019s refusal to sack Stan\u011bk, who critics accuse of being ineffective, and replace him with the Social Democrats\u2019 preferred candidate, Michal \u0160marda.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Monday\u2019s vote of 37-5 with the presidium gives Ham\u00e1\u010dek room to manoeuvre through the political crisis without explicit backing from top party leadership. A member of the party leadership said the next steps will be decided by the end of July.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Last week Ham\u00e1\u010dek said that President Zeman had communicated to him in a meeting that he is ready to accept the resignation of Stan\u011bk by 31 July. But the president did not clearly state that he would respect the Social Democrats\u2019 decision regarding \u0160marda.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radio.cz\/en\/section\/news\/soc-dems-confirm-culture-minister-candidate-give-chairman-mandate-to-exit-govt\">Radio Praha<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Social Democrat leadership agreed on Monday to support party chairman Jan Ham\u00e1\u010dek\u2019s mandate to negotiate whether to remain in the minority government of Prime Minister Andrej Babi\u0161 (ANO). 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