At least coffee #88, or The Fight Goes On

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At least coffee 88, or The Fight Goes On
Parliament has been established, the speaker has been elected, and the resignation has been submitted. It would seem that there is nothing standing in the way of establishing and appointing a new government, one that will have the support of the House of Representatives. But the opposite is true.
I begin this reflection at a time when the outgoing finance minister and prime minister are still refusing to submit the draft state budget to the new Chamber of Deputies. Having realized that making excuses about the fact that the original, i.e., former, Chamber of Deputies had already received the draft would not be successful, they came up with the idea of submitting it only if the future government committed to adhering to its parameters. They say this is the right of the outgoing government. Well, they seem to be forgetting that it was they who changed the budget submitted by the outgoing Babiš government in such a way that a three-month provisional budget had to be adopted before they, as the new occupants of Strakova Academy, agreed on a complete change. And if the new government does not promise this, it will have to draw up its own budget. This would not be such a big problem, but it would take some time, because the government first needs the administrative apparatus of the ministries, which are still subject to the outgoing government. So even if the future government has some parameters for the budget, it would take a while to draw it up, and we would again find ourselves in a provisional budget situation. This is an unnecessary attack on the entire economy of the state.
However, there is another explanation. According to hints in the media, the Fiala government's budget is a total mess that does not take into account a lot of mandatory expenditures. Not to mention that it lacks a component that is required by law, namely the budget of the State Transport Infrastructure Fund. Nevertheless, the government has probably realized that there is no other option but to submit the budget to the Chamber of Deputies, which it will reportedly do as soon as possible and without comment.
President PePa is also joining the fray, calling on the potential future prime minister to reveal to the public how he will resolve the conflict of interest if appointed to the post. I don't know what public PePa represents, but the one that voted for Babiš, Motorists, and SPD doesn't care at all. And the other part longs to be able to criticize any solution Babiš comes up with, even if it complies with the law, and accuse Babiš of malicious intent. So the right solution in this situation is for Babiš to go and greet the president, talk to him about the program statement, and then leave quietly. And we will wait to see whether the president will abide by the constitution or violate it. Then there would be no choice but to file a constitutional complaint.
After Wednesday's meeting, things are still unclear, even though a lot has actually been clarified. PePa will do everything he can to bring back the original lineup. He has the right to do so twice in a row. And since it can be assumed that such a government would not win a vote of confidence even once, the right of the Speaker of Parliament, Okamura, would come into play, and he would, of course, appoint Babiš. The result would only be a longer period of a certain lack of government, which would certainly not benefit the republic. The current rabble would not be able to pass a single law, while the parliamentary initiative of the three-party coalition could submit laws as if on a conveyor belt. The only disadvantage of this solution would be that the current rabble could be detrimental to negotiations in the European Union.
The outgoing Minister of the Interior, Vít Rakušan, is also joining the fight. This is because more than 50% of the current attack on SPD MP Rajchl was carried out by the stinking Pšenák from the gang of a certain Oganesjan. Rakušan is protecting this gang with his iron fist. Rajchl has filed a criminal complaint, and let's hope that this time the arm of the law will fall where it should. That is, on the stinking Pšenák and the rest of that gang of primitives.
For now, there is no sign of better times ahead. We can only hope that Kolář will see the light in his darkened brain and understand that all the obstructionism will not lead to the restoration of the outgoing power bloc, and that he will advise the president to do the most sensible thing possible, namely to appoint Babiš and his government.
Until then, all we can do is sit and drink coffee.

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