Babiš to remain MP but take backseat in ANO

Andrej Babiš says he will remain chairman of the ANO party and a lower house deputy. There had been speculation he could stand down as an MP after his recent defeat in the presidential elections. However, Mr. Babiš said after a meeting of the ANO leadership on Wednesday evening, he plans to limit his political and media activity. The new faces of the party will be deputies group leader Alena Schillerová and Karel Havlíček, who is now the head of its shadow cabinet.

Ivo Vondrák, who is governor of the Moravian-Silesian Region, has stepped down as deputy chairman of ANO. He supported Mr. Babiš’s rival Petr Pavel in the presidential elections.