The leader of ANO party Andrej Babis leaves the Lany chateau after meeting with President Milos Zeman following the country’s parliamentary elections in the village of Lany near Prague, Czech Republic October 23, 2017. REUTERS/David W Cerny
November 23, 2017
PRAGUE (Reuters) – Czech President Milos Zeman plans to appoint Andrej Babis as prime minister on Dec. 6 and the full cabinet on Dec. 15, public broadcaster Czech Television reported on Thursday.
Babis’s ANO party came first by a wide margin in a parliamentary election last month but fell short of a majority and has not found any coalition partners nor votes to support a minority cabinet that Babis is now trying to form.
The new government will take power from the date of the appointment. If it loses a mandatory confidence vote, it will stay in office until another administration is formed.
(Reporting by Jan Lopatka; Editing by Toby Chopra)
