US EditionCzech Opposition Seeks No-Confidence Vote Amid Escalating President–Minister Row
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Czech Opposition Seeks No-Confidence Vote Amid Escalating President–Minister Row
The Czech opposition has moved to trigger a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Andrej Babiš’s government following a political scandal involving text messages sent by Foreign Minister Petr Macinka to President Petr Pavel. On Wednesday, January 28th, representatives of all five opposition parties announced they had gathered the required 81 signatures to convene an extraordinary session of the Chamber of Deputies. Speaker Tomio Okamura confir…
The Opposition Will Convene an Extraordinary Meeting and Vote of No Confidence in Babiš's Government
Opposition party leaders want to convene an extraordinary meeting to vote on a motion of no confidence in the government of Andrej Babiš (ANO). They want to gather the necessary signatures for the motion on Wednesday afternoon. The reason is the published communication between the chairman of the Motorists and Minister of Foreign Affairs Petr Macinka and the castle advisor Petr Kolář. In it, Macinka urged the appointment of MP Filip Turk as Mini…
Opposition parties want to convene an extraordinary session of the Chamber of Deputies to express no confidence in the coalition government of Andrej Babiš (ANO) over text messages from Foreign Minister Petr Macinka (Motoristé) to President Petr Pavel. Representatives of all five opposition parties announced this at a press conference on Wednesday.
Opposition parties want to call an emergency meeting of the House of Commons to censure the government over Foreign Minister Petr Macinka's (Motorists) text messages to President Peter Paul. This was announced at a press conference today by representatives of all five opposition parties.
The leaders of the opposition parties have submitted the signatures needed to call a meeting to express no confidence in the government. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tomio Okamura, has set the date for next Tuesday.
Prague - The chairman of the opposition Mayors and Independents (STAN) Vít Rakušan would consider it adequate for the opposition to receive an explanation at the plenary session of the Chamber of Deputies regarding the case of Foreign Minister Petr Macinka's (Motoriste) messages to President Petr Pavol, which the head of state considers an attempt at blackmail. Otherwise, he will consider convening an extraordinary meeting on this topic, he told…
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