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Czech parliament ends COVID emergency - UPDATE: Not so fast!

Yahoo! News
Fri, 12 Feb 2021 03:05 UTC

The Czech government has lost a parliamentary vote to extend a state of emergency, likely leading to the end of shop closures and curfews from next week and eliminating its main tool against a raging coronavirus pandemic.

MPs rejected the pleas of Prime Minister Andrej Babis to extend the powers beyond February 14 despite his warnings of a healthcare collapse as infections spread.

Babis's minority government said it would be unable to extend nationwide limits on movement, including a night-time curfew and public gathering ban, and the closure of retail stores and services.

Pubs and restaurants could stay closed while some other measures could remain under different legislation.

The country of 10.7 million has been in various levels of lockdown almost continuously since October.

In recent days, flare-ups blamed on the UK variant have overloaded hospitals in several regions.

Three districts were put into stricter lockdowns on Thursday while German media reported a likely entry ban on travellers from the Czech Republic.

Czech daily cases were the second highest in Europe in the past two weeks after Portugal, according to European Centre for Disease Control data.

The country has reported 17,772 deaths, according to ourworldindata.org.

Comment: It will be interesting to see how international pressure starts to be exerted on the Czech Republic to coerce them into locking down again. No countries are allowed to escape, regardless of what the people want.

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UPDATE (Feb. 15): That didn't last long.

The Czech government on Sunday re-declared a state of emergency for next two weeks to tackle the coronavirus pandemic in one of the European Union's hardest-hit nations.

The decision comes in defiance of the lower house of Parliament, which has refused the minority government's request to extend the powerful tool that gives the Cabinet the extra powers needed to impose nationwide restrictions and limit people's travel and rights.

Reader Comments

Chase ·

Woohoo go czechia!

· 2021-02-13T11:47:23Z

adipocere · 2021-02-13T13:10:03Z

Three districts were put into stricter lockdowns on Thursday while German media reported a likely entry ban on travellers from the Czech Republic.

This is one of the stretch goals of the globalists in the EU; to close the borders permanently and end freedom of travel, which was the only benefit of the EU for ordinary citizens in the first place. I used to live in Prague for awhile and would often make that drive to Munich. You could freely pass, but the border infrastructure was never dismantled, and now we see why. I'm glad I got out of the EU before the covid curtain slammed down on it. Europe is a giant prison now.

ReRan · 2021-02-13T14:02:04Z

adipocere Much of the world is a giant prison now.

weeman666 · 2021-02-13T14:47:17Z

eliminating its main tool against a raging coronavirus pandemic.

Good Optics · 2021-02-13T15:37:11Z

weeman666

Exactly my feeling

Rowan Cocoan · 2021-02-13T17:17:08Z

weeman666

Exactly my feeling

RC

bbrebozo · 2021-02-13T16:43:47Z

I wonder - like how the legalized recreational marijuana use had generated such an increase in tax revenue that it motivated other states to legalize also - if certain countries completely opened all the their business again and they allowed visitors to enter the country without having to test for the"VID", you can bet soon many other countries would follow suit.

South Dakota's health policies towards the "VID" makes this state look very appealing to move to in the US.

Psstoffgoy · 2021-02-13T17:40:15Z

In recent days, flare-ups blamed on the UK variant have overloaded hospitals in several regions.

My ass, they just dismantled a makeshift hospital the other day because it was NEVER used. Pure BULLSHIT.

The PM Babis (billionaire) and his health asshole both have ties to former KGB (StB) and both PARASITES from the tribe. I'm sure they are pissed because they haven't managed to import enough orks to divide the people up like the US.

Czechs may live simple but they're NOT fucking stupid, but I'm sure the parasites have a plan B, we will see soon enough.

weeman666 · 2021-02-13T17:51:23Z

Psstoffgoy Like it P,don't mince your words,they don't take prisoners why should we?

Rowan Cocoan · 2021-02-13T21:25:11Z

weeman666 Truly and literally, we are dealing with and seeing holy horseshit.

RC

codis · 2021-02-15T17:24:41Z

UPDATE: Not so fast!

Surprise, surprise !

No country in the EU realm has national sovereignity anymore.

weeman666 · 2021-02-15T17:29:38Z

codis Surprised indeed Codis!

Psstoffgoy · 2021-02-16T00:07:32Z

codis The hebrew pressure went off the charts and they caved. Interesting how 2 weeks is 130 days long and counting.

isotm · 2021-02-15T20:04:19Z

The Nazis annexed Czechoslovakia. The Covid Nazis have annexed much of the developed world including the Czech Republic. No exceptions allowed.

ReRan ·

isotm Yup.

· 2021-02-15T21:43:24Z

Tchoutoye · 2021-02-16T18:17:39Z

This just in:

A Dutch judge has ruled against the nation's curfew (but it remains to be seen what effect the ruling will have).

The Dutch anti-lockdown organization Viruswaarheid ("Virus Truth") won a court case against the Dutch state, in which the current curfew, (not seen since the Nazi occupation 75 years ago) was ruled illegal. Viruswaarheid convinced the judge that curfews and other emergency measures can only be used in direct nation-threatening emergencies such as mass floods, not threats that are merely potential.

Back in 1984, The Netherlands was one of the most ardent proponents of the Siracusa Principles adopted by the United Nations Economic and Social Council. Though not binding, these principles state that restrictions on human rights must meet standards of legality, transparency, evidence-based necessity, proportionality, and gradualism. According to Viruswaarheid, the curfew is in breach of those principles, because it is based on a "potential threat", not an actual one.

The Dutch government followed advice from the OMT (the Dutch epidemic management team), in which the curfew was presented as " a way to raise the sense of urgency in the public perception, which could influence the behaviour of the population and its willingness to follow orders ". In other words, by the government advising team's own admission, the curfew is not a tool to cope with an actual threat, but a means for population control .

The Dutch state directly appealed against the ruling.

Rowan Cocoan · 2021-02-16T20:23:34Z

Tchoutoye Sounds like they still have judges with some integrity.

RC

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Rowan Cocoan · 2021-02-16T20:24:37Z

I say that instead of calling this nasty things 'lockdowns' we more correctly refer to them as 'mandatory house arrest'. Might get more folks to awaken.

R.C.