Czech president to ask election winner Babis to lead govt talks


  • World
  • Monday, 23 Oct 2017

The leader of ANO party Andrej Babis and his wife Monika attend a news conference at the party's election headquarters after the country’s parliamentary elections in Prague, Czech Republic October 21, 2017. REUTERS/David W Cerny

LANY, Czech Republic (Reuters) - Czech President Milos Zeman will ask election winner Andrej Babis next week to begin leading talks on forming a new government, Babis said on Monday after the two met.

Based on tradition, the president asks the leader of the winning party lead government talks before formally appointing a prime minister.

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