{"id":1570,"date":"2019-08-19T15:21:25","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T13:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/czechpoints.com\/?p=1570"},"modified":"2019-08-19T21:35:11","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T19:35:11","slug":"culture-minister-talks-fail-to-make-breakthrough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/czechpoints.com\/culture-minister-talks-fail-to-make-breakthrough\/","title":{"rendered":"Culture Minister talks fail to make breakthrough"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Prime Minister Andrej Babi\u0161 (ANO) and Social Democrat (\u010cSSD) chairman Jan\nHam\u00e1\u010dek failed to find common ground at a meeting Monday over the\nappointment of a new Minister of Culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ham\u00e1\u010dek said the Social Democrats, the junior coalition party, insist on\ntheir candidate, Michal \u0160marda, and say President Milo\u0161 Zeman is\nviolating the Constitution by failing to appoint him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Zeman said last week that Mr \u0160marda was unqualified for the job,\na view PM Babi\u0161 said on Friday that he shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Critics say the president is trying to exercise undue political power\nthrough his largely ceremonial position. He and Mr Babi\u0161 are due to meet\nto discuss the situation on Tuesday. The Social Democrats have threatened\nto quit the government if their candidate is not appointed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Credit: Czech Radio<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Andrej Babi\u0161 (ANO) and Social Democrat (\u010cSSD) chairman Jan Ham\u00e1\u010dek failed to find common ground at a meeting Monday over the appointment of a new Minister of Culture. 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