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Czech lawmakers reject charges against outspoken president

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FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019 file photo, Czech Republic\'s President Milos Zeman attends a press conference at the Serbia Palace in Belgrade, Serbia. The lower house of Czech Parliament has dismissed a request to bring charges against President Milos Zeman for allegedly violating the constitution. Only 58 lawmakers in the 200-seat house, far short of the three-fifths majority needed, voted Thursday, Sept. 25 to file the charges at the Constitutional Court. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, file)

PRAGUE, Czech Republic – The lower house of Czech Parliament has dismissed a request to bring charges against President Milos Zeman for allegedly violating the constitution.

Only 58 lawmakers in the 200-seat house, far short of the 120 needed, voted Thursday to file the charges at the constitutional Court. The lower house’s approval was necessary after Parliament’s upper house, the Senate, which is controlled by the opposition, agreed with the charges in July.

The house is dominated by Prime Minister Andrej Babis’ ANO (YES) centrist movement, Zeman’s ally.

The Senators had charged the outspoken Zeman with failing to act in line with the constitution in eight cases, including a repeated failure to appoint proposed government ministers.

If the court agreed with the charges, Zeman would lose the presidency, a largely ceremonial but high-profile job.

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