Leaders of opposition parties|Photo: Michal Krumphanzl, ČTK
The leaders of five opposition parties in the lower house on Wednesday announced their intention to initiate a vote of no-confidence in the minority government of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš. Although general elections are just five months away, the prime minister’s critics say it is important to test the degree of support the government has in the lower chamber.
The notion of initiating a no-confidence vote in the Babiš government has been bandied around the lower house ever since the Communist Party officially withdrew its support for the minority government in mid-April. However, with elections just around the corner, it is obvious that the aim is not to remove the government from office, so much as to hold it accountable for its failures and understate its growing isolation. The leader of the Civic Democrats Petr Fiala said the time had come to act:
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