Lower house demands apology from Babiš

The lower house of Parliament has called on ANO leader Andrej Babiš to apologize for calling the work of a parliamentary committee set up to investigate a controversial police reform “a farce”. Babiš caused outrage in the house when he openly scoffed at the outcome of the investigation calling it a joke and “a victory of the Palermo clique” in Czech politics. The speaker of the lower house, Jan Hamáček, slammed Babis for being disrespectful to a democratically elected body, telling him to watch his words. The investigation failed to confirm Babiš’claims that the police reorganization was undertaken in order to paralyze investigations of sensitive cases.