Lady Babis, the populist head of government, had to concede defeat in the parliamentary elections in the Czech Republic. Now he wants to hand over his office to other parties.

After her party’s narrow defeat in the parliamentary elections last weekend, Czech Prime Minister Ledi Babis announced the move to the opposition. “We (official businesses) will hand over the new coalition and go to the opposition,” Babis told radio station Frequency 1 on Friday. The head of the opposition coalition Spol (Together), Petr Fiala has the best chance now to become the new head of government.

Difficult situation due to health status of Zaman

According to the Czech constitution, the government formation mandate must be issued by the president. Head of State Milos Zeman has been in the intensive care unit at a hospital in Prague since Sunday. Little is known about his health; According to Czech media reports, the President is being told a serious liver disease.

On Thursday, Zaman from the hospital had set November 8 as the date for the first session of the new parliament. According to the Czech constitution, the parliament must meet after the election before the outgoing government resigns. Only then can the President officially issue a mandate to form the government.

Presidential spokesman Jiri Owecek announced a meeting between Zaman and Fiala “at a later date” this week. Before the election, Zeman had indicated that he might appoint the head of the strongest single party to form the government. This would have meant that the Babis should have tried to form the government earlier. According to experts, Babis could not be successful in forming the government given the lack of majority in Parliament.