{"id":808,"date":"2018-03-06T05:00:32","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T04:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/czechpoints.com\/?p=808"},"modified":"2019-07-11T16:36:38","modified_gmt":"2019-07-11T14:36:38","slug":"thousands-protest-pm-andrej-babis-commie-riot-cop-named-security-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/czechpoints.com\/thousands-protest-pm-andrej-babis-commie-riot-cop-named-security-head\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands Protest PM Andrej Babis: Commie Riot Cop named Security Head"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Czech Republic\u2019s lower house of parliament today narrowly backed Zdenek Ondracek to head its police oversight committee &#8211; the first time a Communist lawmaker has held such a post since the fall of communism nearly three decades ago.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Andrej Babis and his ANO party backed communist-era riot policeman Zdenek Ondracek. Babis is currently facing charges for European Union subsidy fraud.<\/p>\n<p>Protestors flooded the streets in Prague shouting \u201cwe\u2019ve had enough\u201d, citizen point to Mr Ondracek and Andrej Babis for the protests.<\/p>\n<p>One protestor said: \u201cI am here because of Ondracek, who was a member of a police force that beat demonstrators in the Velvet Revolution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the wider context, it is the election of Babis.&#8221;<\/p>\n<section class=\"text-description\">Andrej Babis has had trouble installing a government despite being the runaway winner of an election last October. His single-party cabinet lost a confidence vote in January.<\/p>\n<p>He is reliant upon Mr Ondracek, who was involved in the Communism-era police service and also fought to clear his name following links with the brutal Communist-era secret police.<\/p>\n<p>In 1989, Mr Ondracek&#8217;s police unit used water cannon, clubs and dogs to disperse anti-regime protests.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"text-description\">The demonstrations eventually led to the peaceful overthrow of Communist dictatorship in what became known as the Velvet Revolution.<\/p>\n<p>A video from 1989 posted on YouTube shows Ondracek defending police actions in an interview with state television.<\/p>\n<p>Around 2,000 people rallied in the Czech Republic&#8217;s second-biggest city of Brno.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Czech Republic\u2019s lower house of parliament today narrowly backed Zdenek Ondracek to head its police oversight committee &#8211; the first time a Communist lawmaker has held such a post since the fall of communism nearly three decades ago. 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