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Another Billionaire (Babis) becomes Czech’s prime minister

22/10/2017
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The centrist party of Czech billionaire Andrej Babis has scored a victory in the country’s parliamentary elections, winning almost 30 percent of the votes, amid allegations of fraud and a corruption scandal.

The ANO (YES) movement garnered 29.6 percent of the votes, or 78 of the 200 seats in the Czech Republic’s lower house of parliament on Saturday, making Babis the next prime minister of the central European country on an anti-establishment and Eurosceptic campaign platform.

The center-left Social Democrats (CSSD) party of the outgoing government received only 7.3 percent  of the votes — 15 seats — while the Christian Democrats, part of the ruling coalition, obtained a 5.8-percent support or 10 seats. The Pirate Party came in third with 10.8 percent of the votes, and the radical anti-migrant, anti-Muslim Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD), was in fourth place with 10.6 percent support.

A combination photo shows (L-R) the leaders of Czech Pirate Party, Ivan Bartos; the Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) Party, Tomio Okamura; and the ANO party, Andrej Babis casting their votes in parliamentary elections in Prague, the Czech Republic, on October 20, 2017. (By Reuters)

 

22/10/2017
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