{"id":1878,"date":"2019-12-06T18:02:56","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T17:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/czechpoints.com\/?p=1878"},"modified":"2019-12-06T18:02:58","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T17:02:58","slug":"zeman-backs-babis-in-fraud-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/czechpoints.com\/zeman-backs-babis-in-fraud-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Zeman backs Babis in fraud investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>President Milo\u0161 Zeman has stood up for the embattled Czech prime minister\nin the face of increasing pressure for him to resign in the wake of an EC\naudit confirming that he has a conflict of interest and the decision of the\nSupreme State Attorney to renew an investigation into whether he committed\nEU subsidy fraud ten years ago. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an interview for Barrandov TV President Zeman said Babi\u0161 should remain\nin office despite the renewed investigation, adding that the only reason\nfor him to go would be if his party lost the next general elections. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The president confirmed that, at Babi\u0161\u2019 request, he would not use his right to stop the renewed investigation or pardon the prime minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Credit: radio.cz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Milo\u0161 Zeman has stood up for the embattled Czech prime minister in the face of increasing pressure for him to resign in the wake of an EC audit confirming that he has a conflict of interest and the decision of the Supreme State Attorney to renew an investigation into whether he committed EU subsidy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":352,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - 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