The opposition files a motion of censure against Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala

Aug. 26 () –

The Alliance of Disgruntled Citizens (ANO), the main opposition party in the Czech Republic, announced this Thursday the presentation of a motion of censure against the country’s Prime Minister, Petr Fiala, considering that the Government has not done enough to handle the economic crisis.

“We are going to present a motion of censure because people do not believe that the government will not let them down,” ANO leader Alena Schillerova has said, the Czech daily ‘Lidove Noviny’ reports.

However, not even with the help of the other opposition party, Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD), will the measure be able to go ahead, since between the two forces they have 92 seats and need at least 101 support within the Chamber of Deputies.

The opposition has explained that in addition to the management of the crisis, the motion of censure is also motivated by the silence that the Government maintains on the accusations of corruption that weigh on its coalition partner Piratas y Mayores, a party of which the minister is a part. of Interior, Vit Rakusan.

The date to carry out the vote on this motion of censure has not yet been set, which is seen by Fiala as an attempt by ANO to “divert attention” from the trial on September 12 that the main leader of the opposition, former Prime Minister Andrej Babis, for alleged embezzlement of funds from the European Union.

Babis himself was saved on several occasions from the motions of censure presented by the opposition during the convulsive four years he was at the head of the Czech government. Until now, only once has a prime minister in the history of the Czech Republic fallen through this mechanism, it was the conservative Mirek Topolanek in 2009.