Friday's Government Agreement Is Valid, Says Macinka. Turk Apologizes

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Election winner Andrej Babiš (ANO) held talks on Monday with the honorary president of the Motorists, Filip Turk, who is running for the post of foreign minister, and the party chairman, Petr Macinka. The talks lasted about two hours. Macinka then told reporters that Friday's agreement on government cooperation between the ANO movement, the SPD, and the Motorists on the filling of ministries remains valid.

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"I am absolutely convinced that Babiš is playing for immunity. The decision of the Supreme Court excludes impunity, so he would go for a verdict of guilty and a sentence. And he does not want to admit that under any circumstances," claims Honzejk. "It could be a relatively clever game, Motorists and SPD are promised something, including the post of foreign minister for Filip Turk, the president will disagree with it and the whole thing will drag…

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We interviewed Andrej Babiš on Tuesday. Three days after the election, the winner was still in a state of euphoria, even though he was expected to meet with the president and, of course, potential government partners. On Friday evening, Deník N published alleged older posts by motorist Filip Turk on Facebook, including a mocking post about a burned Roma girl, Natálka, after which Andrej Babiš gave Motoristům until Monday to defend Turk. So, on M…

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The closely watched meeting between the likely next Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) and Motorists' representatives Petr Macinka and Filip Turk as a hot candidate for Foreign Minister has ended. Both deputies came to Babiš to explain the case of Turk's alleged racist statements to him. According to Macinka, the agreement from Friday, when Andrej Babiš announced that Motorists would receive four ministries, is valid. However, ANO Deputy Chairman…

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On Friday, it seemed that the negotiations on the government were essentially finished. ANO, SPD and Motoriste agreed on the distribution of ministerial seats. However, these negotiations were interrupted by the case of Filip Turk's racist and hateful posts.

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Andrej Babiš knows that newly elected MP Filip Turek, who is attracting one trouble after another, cannot be the new foreign minister. The ANO leader wants to give Motorists time and space to back out of the idea.