“The President of the Republic Miloš Zeman will appoint Jan Blatný to the position of Minister of Health on Thursday, October 29, 2020 at 12:00 noon. The ceremony will be attended by Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, “Ovčáček wrote on Twitter.
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Zeman’s meeting with the candidate for minister ended after about an hour, Blatný did not appear before the journalists.
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The President of the Republic ???????? Miloš Zeman will appoint Jan Blatný to the position of Minister of Health on Thursday, October 29, 2020 at 12:00 noon. The ceremony will be attended by Prime Minister Andrej Babiš.
– Jiří Ovčáček (@PREZIDENTmluvci) October 27, 2020
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The 50-year-old hematologist and deputy head of the Brno University Hospital Blatný visited the Government Office on Friday, then Prime Minister Andrej Babiš headed to Lány to negotiate the replacement of the minister with the president. The president did not find time for the candidate until Tuesday – according to Babiš because of the full program.
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Jan Blatný, Deputy of the University Hospital Brno, pictured in 2014.
Photo: Brno FN, ČTK
Prymula at the head of the resort ends after meeting the then first vice-president of the YES movement, Jaroslav Faltýnek, on Wednesday last week in a restaurant in Prague’s Vyšehrad. This happened at night, even though, according to government regulations, the restaurants are to be closed at this time.
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Subsequently, on Friday, when the daily Blesk drew attention to the meeting, the current minister was called upon to resign by Prime Minister Babiš, the coalition CSSD and the opposition. Prymula refused to resign, saying that Babiš could recall him. On Sunday, he admitted his resignation when his successor was known.
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