Czechs took to the streets in the biggest protests since the fall of communism, demanding that billionaire Prime Minister resign over allegations of conflict of interest and a criminal fraud case involving European Union funds.

Iran Press/ Europe: Organizers said about 250,000 people rallied against the minority government on Sunday in Prague’s Letna park, scene of the largest rallies that toppled communist rule 30 years ago. It was a culmination of two months of protests against Babis, AFP reported. 

The 64-year-old billionaire was charged last year in connection with a two million euro ($2.28 million) EU subsidy scam, while an audit by the European Commission ruled that he has a conflict of interest as a politician and entrepreneur.

The protesters, estimated at 200,000 by police, gathered under Czech flags and atop picnic blankets to rail against Prime Minister Andrej Babis.

The Czech government said earlier this month there were "errors" in the audit from Brussels and Babis has refused to budge.

"Judging from the aerial photos, it looks like we're about 250,000. We'll see how many more people will still arrive," said Mikulas Minar, head of Million Moments for Democracy, the NGO organizing the protest, as it got underway.

 "We're fed up with what Babis is doing, how he manages the country," Mila Stiburkova, a 39-year-old sales manager from the central Czech town of Sazava, told AFP.

The crowd covered the grassy hill that is hallowed ground in Czech history: Thirty years ago, the Velvet Revolution that helped end Communism in Europe erupted here, propelling the country out of totalitarian rule.

Sunday's rally is the latest in a series of protests against Babis and new Justice Minister Marie Benesova, which started as Benesova was appointed in April.

The organizers, who fear Benesova was appointed to clear Babis of his charges, brought about 100,000 protesters to Prague's central Wenceslas Square in early June as the protests gradually increased.

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