US EditionCzech lower house elects right-leaning party leader as speaker
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The secret election of Tomi Okamura to the head of the Chamber of Deputies showed the unity of the ANO, SPD and Motorists coalition. However, this does not mean that it will last forever, agree the guests of the new episode of Political Season, marketing experts Jakub Horák and Karel Křivan with commentator Luďek Staňek. If Okamura ceases to be radical enough in his new role, the chairman of PRO and SPD MP Jindřich Rajchl will want to take over …
Czech PM warns of ‘xenophobic’ leadership as far right takes control of parliament
Petr Fiala condemned the election of Tomio Okamura as speaker of the lower house, calling it a dangerous trade-off that hands a parliament gavel to a man known for hate speech and conspiracy politics
The right-wing politician Tomio Okamura became the head of the House of Representatives. The future opposition also went out empty in the election of the alternates for the time being.
Czech lower house elects far-right party leader as speaker
Czech far-right leader Tomio Okamura won the post of speaker of the lower house in a vote on Wednesday, the first appointment of populist billionaire Andrej Babis's newly formed coalition with fringe right-wing groups.
Tomio Okamura is regarded as ultra-right and had called for a NATO exit in the election campaign. Now he was elected as the new President of Parliament of the Czech Republic.
One month after the parliamentary election in the Czech Republic, the far-right politician Tomio Okamura was elected as the President of Parliament. The 53-year-old head of the far-right party SPD received 107 votes on Wednesday.
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