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Can hope for another term of office: Czech Prime Minister Babiš casting his vote
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Prime Minister Andrej Babiš's ruling ANO party can, according to initial results, be successful in the parliamentary elections in the Czech Republic. After half of the voting districts were counted in the afternoon, according to the dpa news agency, Babiš 'ANO received 29.8 percent of the vote. The center-right alliance Spolu (Together) comes to 24.5 percent. The opposition alliance pirates / mayors follows in third place with 13.9 percent. The AFP news agency reports 28.40 percent of the votes for ANO after counting around 80 percent.
The citizens had time from Friday to Saturday lunchtime to cast their votes.
Even if Babiš should be commissioned to form a new government, the search for coalition partners will be difficult.
The two major opposition alliances have already refused to work with him.
Babiš is criticized for his corona and debt policy.
A few days before the vote, personal deals of the head of government in tax havens became known in connection with the publication of the so-called Pandora Papers.
The 67-year-old billionaire denies wrongdoing.
bbr / dpa / AFP