The minority government of Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger fell on Thursday after Parliament passed a motion of censure submitted by a former coalition partner, the Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party.
The motion of censure finally succeeded after being supported by 78 deputies, while 20 voted against and two abstained. The initiative, whose vote was postponed on Tuesday, needed a qualified majority of at least 76 supporters.
Richard Sulík, the leader of SaS, the party that was part of the government coalition until the summer with its six seats, has clarified that they do not want early elections in the country, so they will work to find other scenarios.
In spite of this, the president of the Parliament, Boris Kollár, has explained that it is very likely that the elections will be held foreseeably for May or June 2023, as reported by the Slovak daily ‘Dennik N’.
The opposition argues that the current government has lost its raison d’être, as it has failed to deal effectively with the energy crisis, inflation, increasing poverty and the massive arrival of Ukrainian refugees.
The scenario of early elections would benefit the left-wing opposition led by the Smer Social Democrats, whose leader Robert Fico has been Prime Minister three times, and Hlas, according to the polls.
