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Billionaire Babis again sworn in as Czech prime minister
President Zeman appointed him for the second time
06 June, 20:01
(AP-ANSA) - PRAGUE - The president of the Czech Republic has
again sworn in billionaire Andrej Babis as prime minister, a
move that could see the Communist Party taking a share of power
for the first time since the 1989 anti-Communist Velvet
Revolution. The centrist ANO (YES) movement led by Babis won a
parliamentary election in October, but his minority government
lost a confidence vote in January and had to resign. President
Milos Zeman appointed Babis for the second time on Wednesday.
Babis is set to form a government with the Social Democrats and would also have support from the Communists, a plan protested Tuesday by thousands of Czechs. Other parliamentary parties have been reluctant to join up with Babis because of fraud charges he faces. Babis denies wrongdoing. (AP-ANSA).
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Babis is set to form a government with the Social Democrats and would also have support from the Communists, a plan protested Tuesday by thousands of Czechs. Other parliamentary parties have been reluctant to join up with Babis because of fraud charges he faces. Babis denies wrongdoing. (AP-ANSA).
