Unexpected fall of coalition in the Czech Republic

prague - The central coalition coalition in the Czech Republic has fallen less than six months before the parliamentary elections. Social Democrat Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka has announced the surprising resignation of his cabinet on Tuesday. Cause of the conflict are the allegations of tax fraud to the Minister of Finance Andrej Babis, leader of the liberal-popular coalition partner ANO.

Sobotka said on television that he was trying to create a way out of the political crisis with this step. He is going to President Milos Zeman on Friday to offer his resignation. Zeman has the last word about it, but there is no deadline for that. The Czechs will go to the polls on 20 and 21 October to divide seats in the new House of Representatives.