Fiala government confidence vote goes into second day

A debate surrounding a vote of confidence in the five-party coalition government of Prime Minister Petr Fiala has carried on all through Thursday night and is due to continue on Friday.

The vote was called by the opposition ANO and Freedom and Direct Democracy MPs over the appointment of Petr Mlejnek as head of civilian intelligence service, despite his connections to an influential businessman Michael Redl suspected of being involved in a political corruption case.

The government has 108 mandates in the 200-seat Chamber of Deputies, which makes the outcome of the vote a foregone conclusion. The vote was called last week and Mr. Mlejnek has since resigned from the post.