Around 250,000 people protest against Czech PM Andrej Babis' rule in biggest anti-government demonstration in Prague since 1989 pro-democracy Velvet Revolution
Babis, the second wealthiest Czech according to Forbes, leads the centrist populist ANO movement, which, despite the controversy, won May's elections to the European Parliament.
It teamed up with the leftwing Social Democrats to form a minority coalition with tacit backing from the Communists for a parlia mentary majority. The Slovak-born 64-year-old is facing charges over EU subsidy fraud after allegedly taking his farm out of his sprawling Agrofert holding to make it eligible for an EU subsidy.The EU is probing his dual role as a politician and entrepreneur, and Babis also faces allegations that he served as a secret Communist police agent in the 1980s.
A demonstrator waves a Czech Republic flag during a protest rally demanding resignation of Czech PM in Prague, Czech Republic, June 23, 2019. Sunday's rally is the latest in a series of protests against Babis and new Justice Minister Marie Benesova, which started as Benesova was appointed in April.
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