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Czech Government Wins Confidence Vote in Parliament

PRAGUE (Sputnik) - The minority government of Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis won on Thursday a vote of confidence in parliament.
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The 200-seat legislature backed the government by a vote of 105 to 91 after 14 hours of debates, aired live on national television.

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Commenting on the outcome, Babis said he was "glad to see an end to a months-long marathon to put together a government and hours-long debates to confirm it."

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Earlier, Czech President Milos Zeman reappointed leader of centrist Action of Dissatisfied Citizens (ANO) movement Andrej Babis as the country's prime minister and mandated him to form a new government.

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