Czech Republic: towards a restart of political life after an unprecedented blockage

Petr Fiala, probable future Prime Minister of the Czech Republic after the election a month ago.

Photo: Prague, October 9, 2021. AP - Darko Bandic

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A hospitalized president, a political life at a standstill and an unprecedented constitutional blockage: this is the difficult situation that the Czech Republic has been experiencing since October 10.

This unprecedented crisis could find the beginning of a solution on Monday, November 8, 2021, with the meeting of the new Parliament resulting from this election.

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Relief for the entourage of the Czech president: Miloš Zeman finally left, at the end of last week, the intensive care unit where he had been for three weeks, since

the

of October 9 last.

In the first interview given since then, the president said he was ready to meet the opposition candidate to appoint him as head of government.

Miloš Zeman further states that he feels in good shape, and in a position to complete his term by the scheduled deadline of 2023.

Barring a dramatic twist, the center-right coalition which won the election should officially sign a government agreement on Monday.

The leader of this coalition, Petr Fiala, should logically succeed Andrej Babiš as Prime Minister.

The institutional blockage could therefore dissipate, but not the

president's

.

Because his fellow citizens still do not know exactly what he is suffering from.

A police investigation was even opened to determine whether the presidency did not commit an offense by refusing to inform the public about his state of health.

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