The mixed social makeup suggested anger had reached beyond liberal, relatively cosmopolitan areas around Prague, where opposition to the prime minister has always been strong. Hours before the demonstration, Babiš, the Czech Republic’s second-richest man, launched a blistering counterattack, using a parliamentary debate to describe the report as an “attack on the Czech Republic” aimed at destabilising the country. “He thinks he owns the Czech Republic and he isn’t even Czech. Babiš, 64, who became prime minister in 2017, has repeatedly said he will never resign. David Ondráčka, the director of Transparency International in the Czech Republic, predicted Tuesday’s protest would be a “nail in Babiš’s political coffin”.

Source: The Guardian June 04, 2019 13:05 UTC