Czechs rally in Prague to protest against gov't

Under the slogan "Czech Republic against the government," Saturday's rally was mainly against the inappropriate actions of the government on inflation, tax changes, and pension adjustments, according to the Czech News Agency (CTK).

There were also banners in the crowd that read "Down with the US minions" and "Down with NATO.

The rally was attended by over 100,000 people, according to the organizer, the non-parliamentary PRO (Law Respect Expertise) party.

Some of the participants later marched through the city from the Square to the headquarters of the Czech Ministry of the Interior.

Czech Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Vit Rakusan told CTK that he sees the demonstration as "a legitimate expression of discontent by some people in difficult times," but that he finds it incomprehensible and unacceptable to use that discontent to incite hatred and fear.

AMK/PR