Opposition proposes session on no-confidence vote

Czech senior opposition ANO deputy group leader Alena Schillerova handed a proposal for convoking a lower house session on a no-confidence vote in the government, signed by 74 MPs, to lower house head Marketa Pekarova Adamova (TOP 09) on Friday. Out of the 74 MPs signing the motion, 56 were from ANO and 18 from the junior opposition Freedom and Democracy (SPD). Considering that ANO and SPD do not command the absolute majority in the Chamber of Deputies needed for the government to fall, the attempt is unlikely to be successful.