{"id":1586,"date":"2019-08-21T19:31:53","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T17:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/czechpoints.com\/?p=1586"},"modified":"2019-08-21T19:31:53","modified_gmt":"2019-08-21T17:31:53","slug":"protestors-marching-for-democracy-in-prague","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/czechpoints.com\/protestors-marching-for-democracy-in-prague\/","title":{"rendered":"Protestors marching for democracy in Prague"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Million Moments for Democracy, the organisation behind the largest\ndemonstration in the Czech Republic since the Velvet Revolution in 1989,\nwhich brought an estimated quarter of a million demonstrators unhappy with\nthe current Prime Minister Andrej Babi\u0161 to Prague\u2019s Letn\u00e1 plain in\nJune, is organising a march in Prague on Wednesday evening. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The organisation\u2019s website states that demonstrators are remembering the\nevents of 1968 and 1969, while also voicing their disagreements with the\nfact that the current prime minister is a former Communist State Security\nagent, as well as a man facing charges for EU subsidy fraud in the\nso-called Stork\u2019s Nest affair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, they are unhappy with the current President Milo\u0161 Zeman, who\nthey say is intentionally dividing the country, supporting Chinese and\nRussian interests and damaging constitutional customs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The march is part of a wider string of demonstrations organised by the group this Wednesday. These are being held in 93 sites across the country, including all of the Czech Republic\u2019s major cities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Credit: Czech Radio<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Million Moments for Democracy, the organisation behind the largest demonstration in the Czech Republic since the Velvet Revolution in 1989, which brought an estimated quarter of a million demonstrators unhappy with the current Prime Minister Andrej Babi\u0161 to Prague\u2019s Letn\u00e1 plain in June, is organising a march in Prague on Wednesday evening. 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