Protesters gathered on Prague's Letná plain to demonstrate against
Prime Minister Andrej Babiš and Minister of Justice Marie Benešová,
calling on both to resign. According to the organisers there were as many
as 300,000 people in attendance. The two-hour demonstration, which began at
2pm on Saturday, was the latest in a series of protests that have been
going on since April this year. Organisers Million Moments for Democracy
set out new demands on the prime minister, while also calling on opposition
parties to find a way to increase their strength and vowing to organise new
demonstrations if the prime minister interferes in the country's
justice system, media, receives a pardon from the president, or if his
alleged conflict of interests results in a withdrawal of EU subsidies.
Protestors suspect the Czech prime minister has been seeking to influence a
criminal investigation into suspicions he committed EU subsidy fraud.
However, the prime minister denies this and earlier this year, the criminal
proceedings against him regarding an alleged case of subsidy fraud related
to the Stork's Nest farm were halted by the state attorney
investigating the case.