Czech PM Babis heading for opposition after losing election
Al Jazeera
Prime Minister Andrej Babis, a populist billionaire, says he will hand over to a new coalition and move to the opposition.
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis is prepared to hand power to a bloc of opposition parties that won a combined majority in the lower house of Parliament in an election last weekend, news agency CTK quoted him as saying.
Babis, head of the centrist ANO party, had acknowledged the opposition win but until Friday held out the possibility he may still have the first stab at forming a new cabinet as the head of the biggest single party in Parliament.
Babis said he would not accept an offer to try to create a new government after his political movement narrowly lost in the parliamentary election last week and was ready to end up in opposition.
