Czech senators reject idea of government's increased power in crises

Czech senators on Tuesday rejected the Defence Ministry's suggestion that the government or the prime minister's powers be reinforced in case the parliament were unable to gather during a period of crisis, and said such a change can never make it through the opposition-controlled Senate. The Defence Ministry, which has come up with the idea amid the coronavirus crisis, is headed by Lubomir Metnar, a minister for PM Andrej Babis's senior government ANO movement.