prague andrej babis say want run czech republic like business may mean upheaval ahead country big state-controlled business utility cez billionaire babis history confrontation cez management ano party lead poll ahead parliamentary elections friday saturday may soon power take management feel steer company adrift fact cez control decision bother quite bite jiri pehe long-time political analyst director new york university prague one top businessmen country simply want cez control cez 70 percent state-owned market capitalization 11.3 billion czech republic large list company long play central role czech politics government cash cow pay large dividends among state-controlled company state coffers investment project provide big-ticket order numerous czech suppliers chief executive daniel benes lead company since 2011 join board six years early contract another four years run enjoy back previous prime minister include outgo social democrat bohuslav sobotka probably end babis take power follow saturday elections billionaire whose businesses include food chemical media hold babis long maintain cez much influence political party charge repeat recently interview publish week view one state firm run political party piggy bank politicians babis tell magazine tyden cez spokesman decline comment remark finance minister january 2014 may year babis clash cez management enough power make big change prime minister would say could reshape supervisory board appoint management past year babis criticize dividend cut potential sale coal plant proposal consideration spin regulate distribution renewables assets propose spin-off would separate potentially sell cez distribution renewables businesses government would take full control nuclear coal plant turn would allow government take construction new nuclear plant instead babis say cez finance construction nuclear plant cez management refuse without explicit state guarantee help fund project propose spin-off first thing government solve say miroslav frayer cover utility komercni banka michal snobr long-time cez investor represent group hold close percent company say expect things change election give babis present likely change cez leadership snobr say management make many mistake normal business environment change would happen long ago say cite long outages cez nuclear plant dukovany lack company strategy current initiatives buy high-priced german wind plant snobr say spin-off cez along line split innogy rwe germany go ahead give high valuations regulate businesses babis may change view election add cez could finance new nuclear plant without state back snobr say costly project would commercially justifiable would spark lawsuits shareholders czech election front-runner likely put stamp state-owned cez