31-05-2018, 04:01 PM
Lower house Novichok debate ends before it begins
A lower house debate on statements made about Novichok by Czech PresidentMiloÅ¡ Zeman ended before it began on Thursday. Only 40 deputies declaredthemselves present for the Christian Democrat-tabled discussion. As thequorum for the lower house is 57 declared MPs, the speaker abandoned thedebate.Other deputies were actually in the chamber but had declined to place theirvoting cards in their voting devices. The Mayors and Independents VÃtRakuÅ¡an described the situation as a new level of obstruction.
Critics were angered after Mr. Zeman claimed that a small amount ofNovichok had been produced and tested in this country. The nerve agent wasin the news after the poisoning of two Russians led the UK and otherstates, including the Czech Republic, to expel Russian diplomats.
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"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will" - Frederick Douglass