Press: Coalition parties mull cabinet reshuffle

The coalition Social Democrat and ANO parties are considering a cabinet reshuffle, the news website novinky.cz reported on Friday quoting sources from the coalition. The parties are reportedly planning to exchange the justice and health care portfolios; the Social Democrats would take over the Justice Ministry while ANO would run the Health Care Ministry. Under the planned reshuffle, Justice Minister Helena Válková would be replaced by Social Democrat Jeroným Tejc; the current deputy health minister Josef Vymazal of the ANO party would replace Social Democrat minister Svatopluk Němeček. However, Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka has denied such plans were being considered.

Author: Jan Richter