Mayor of Ostrava to quit his post within six months

The Mayor of Ostrava, Tomáš Macura, who quit the ANO Party last week, will resign from office. He will leave the post within the next six months, along with his two deputies. The decision was made on Monday evening at a meeting of ANO party councillors.

Macura, who was serving his third consecutive term as mayor of Czechia’s third biggest city, didn’t support ANO leader Andrej Babiš when he ran for the office of president last month, instead supporting the ultimate winner, Petr Pavel. He has also criticised the direction in which the party is headed.