{"id":1688,"date":"2019-09-20T19:45:29","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T17:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/czechpoints.com\/?p=1688"},"modified":"2019-09-20T19:09:52","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T17:09:52","slug":"zeman-to-shield-babis-from-prosecution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/czechpoints.com\/zeman-to-shield-babis-from-prosecution\/","title":{"rendered":"Zeman to shield Babis from prosecution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Czech President Milos Zeman effectively ended the threat of criminal \ncharges against Prime Minister Andrej Babis, saying he\u2019d use his \nconstitutional powers to stop prosecutors from reopening a fraud case \nagainst his billionaire ally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Babis, the second richest Czech and \nthe country\u2019s most popular politician, has been dogged by accusations \nthat a company he founded misused European Union development funds. \nWhile he denies wrongdoing, the case triggered the biggest \nanti-government protests since the fall of the Iron Curtain and prompted\n a wide swath of political parties to shun cooperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the entire article, written by Lenka Ponikelska at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2019-09-20\/populist-president-to-shield-billionaire-premier-in-fraud-probe\">Bloomberg<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Czech President Milos Zeman effectively ended the threat of criminal charges against Prime Minister Andrej Babis, saying he\u2019d use his constitutional powers to stop prosecutors from reopening a fraud case against his billionaire ally. 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