ANO continue push for removal of Rakušan as interior minister

The leader of opposition ANO party, Andrej Babiš, has written to Prime Minister Petr Fiala, demanding he address Vít Rakušan’s continued presence as minister of the interior. In the letter, quoted on Wednesday by the Czech News Agency, Mr. Babiš says no member of Rakušan’s Mayors party should be entrusted with that role.

ANO’s Alena Schillerová has said that if Mr. Rakušan remains in government her party will next week push for a vote of no-confidence.

ANO say Mr. Fiala does not appreciate the gravity of the fact Mr. Rakušan possessed an encrypted telephone. For his part the interior minister said he feared being bugged and had hardly used the device.