Babiš Has Mistaken the Rostrum and Is Blocking the Work of the Chamber of Deputies with His Defense
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The chairman of the ANO movement, Andrej Babiš, decided to use Wednesday's session of the Chamber of Deputies to defend himself in the "political process", as the latest verdict in the Stork's Nest case was called. Instead of discussing laws, the deputies and the entire Chamber of Deputies devoted themselves to Babiš's litanies on the decision of the High Court in Prague. The latter returned the case to a lower instance with a binding opinion on…
Babiš's three-and-a-half-hour speech in the Chamber of Deputies also illustrated some of the achievements of the rule of law.
The deputies met for the first time after the vote of no confidence in the government. The Chamber of Deputies has on its agenda the introduction of a single monthly report for employers instead of dozens of forms. However, Speaker Andrej Babiš took the floor right at the beginning. "There is absolutely no reason for me to resign. I will never resign in this case," said Babiš in connection with the judgment of the Court of Appeal in the Stork's …
Commentary by Petr Fischer: The Stork's Nest case shows how Czech courts are unable to harmonize their standards and uniformly assess the act that occurred. The dragging out of the process is tiring and doubts about its meaning are growing.
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