Prime Minister, Eduard Heger, has lost the support of the Liberal Party SAS, his former ally.
MO12345LEMONDE with AFP
The Slovak deputies approved the Motor government minority government on Thursday 15 December on Thursday 15 December, during a vote initiated by his former liberal ally. In total, 78 out of 150 deputies voted in favor of this motion which does not imply the automatic need to hold early elections.
“The government of Eduard Heger lost confidence,” welcomed the press, after the vote, Richard Sulik, the leader of the Liberal Party SAS who had left the coalition three months ago. “We will support the reconstruction of the government, and do not want early elections,” he said while indicating that his party was particularly opposed to the presence in the outgoing cabinet of the Minister of Finance, Igor Matovic, himself Same former Prime Minister.
Earlier Thursday, Mr. Matovic had proposed his resignation to avoid the voting of censorship, but the Liberals rejected this offer, only an hour before the vote. “We are tired of chaos” then declared SAS in a press release.
Igor Matovic had been forced to resign in April 2021 from his post as Prime Minister in the midst of a scandal concerning his precipitated purchase of the Spoutnik V vaccine, which did not receive the green light from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for use in the European Union.
By virtue of the Constitution, Slovakia can now continue to be led by a resigning government until a new group of ministers is appointed by the president. Liberal president Zuzana Caputova can install an interim government or renew Eduard Heger as Prime Minister.