Czech prime minister to submit resignation

‘Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka will tender his resignation Thursday, the president’s office said, a day after the premier announced he was quitting following a high-stakes row with his finance minister.
The leftist Sobotka said Tuesday he was standing down after the dispute with billionaire minister Andrej Babis, a popular centrist rival tipped to win elections later this year.
“Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka will present his resignation to the president on May 4, 2017 at 1515 (1315 GMT),” Jiri Ovcacek, spokesman for President Milos Zeman, said in a tweet.
Sobotka’s resignation, which will bring down his entire cabinet, surprised both politicians and pundits who had rather expected the prime minister to sack Babis.’
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