Czech president accepts resignation of Sobotka's government

PRAGUE, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- Czech President Milos Zeman on Tuesday accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka's outgoing government and entrusted it with ruling the country temporarily until the appointment of the new government that is planned for Dec. 13, announced the Presidential Office.

Sobotka's government resigned on Nov. 29, following the end of the constituent session of the Chamber of Deputies in its new lineup that started one month after the 2017 general election.

Zeman announced on the same day that he would accept the resignation on Dec. 5. Since the general election in October, the outgoing government has limited its work and focused only on urgent matters and the European affairs. Its last meeting is to be held on Wednesday morning in order to discuss the mandate of new prime minister Andrej Babis for a forthcoming EU summit.

Zeman plans to appoint Babis prime minister on Wednesday and his minority government a week later, on Dec. 13. Babis's future government is to officially meet for the first time immediately after its appointment.

Sobotka's government was appointed on Jan. 29, 2014. It is the third government completed the whole of its four-year mandate in the history of Czech Republic since its independence in 1993. Enditem