{"id":347,"date":"2017-12-06T08:00:01","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T07:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/czechpoints.com\/?p=347"},"modified":"2019-07-11T16:32:32","modified_gmt":"2019-07-11T14:32:32","slug":"president-zeman-appoints-comrade-babis-prime-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/czechpoints.com\/president-zeman-appoints-comrade-babis-prime-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"President Zeman Appoints Comrade Babis Prime Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Milo\u0161 Zeman appointed ANO chairman Andrej Babi\u0161 as prime minister of the Czech Republic. The move is the first step toward the formation of a government to replace the outgoing cabinet headed by Bohuslav Sobotka.<\/p>\n<p>At a ceremony at Prague Castle on Wednesday, Mr Babi\u0161 highlighted the country\u2019s role in the fight of illegal migration, saying that the government needs to take a more active approach in dealing with illegal migrant smuggling.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Babi\u0161 is planning to form a minority government that also includes a number of non-ANO members. Five of the party\u2019s ministers in the previous government are to remain there in the new formation.<\/p>\n<p>President Zeman plans to hold talks with Mr. Babi\u0161\u2019s new ministerial nominees before appointing the new government in a week\u2019s time. It will then have to undergo a vote of confidence in the Chamber of Deputies within 30 days.<\/p>\n<p>At present only the Communist Party have said they will, under certain conditions, tolerate a minority ANO cabinet<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Milo\u0161 Zeman appointed ANO chairman Andrej Babi\u0161 as prime minister of the Czech Republic. The move is the first step toward the formation of a government to replace the outgoing cabinet headed by Bohuslav Sobotka. 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