President of the Slovak Republic Peter Pellegrini still did not receive concrete proposals for changes in the government from Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD). The meeting is not yet agreed. The head of state will not give Fico ultimatum. According to the President, the Prime Minister must know whether his government will have a majority of deputies at the next parliamentary session and whether the laws will pass. He stated this for TASR during Wednesday’s regional exit in Skalica.
“I confirm that to date I have not yet received specific proposals from the Prime Minister. We were with the Prime Minister in telephone contact during his foreign trip in the United States of America, when he just ‘asked’ for our possible meeting, which should again have a consultancy again. character, “ Pellegrini told TASR to the announced personnel exchanges in the government.
Pellegrini has not yet agreed with the Prime Minister on the date of the meeting, where he should bring him definitive proposals. According to him, it is on the side of the Prime Minister. “But we agreed to coordinate and consult it together so that everything goes as it should go in a civilized country,” noted. There is no reason to give Fico ultimatum. “The Prime Minister must know himself whether at the next meeting of the National Council of the Slovak Republic, its government majority will have both guaranteed and parliamentary majority and whether they will pass the government all the laws that want it to pass,” he said, saying that it is his Prime Minister His Own “Deadline”.
The Head of State recalled that the government is meeting, and a possible government minority will only be reflected in the parliamentary negotiations, which has not yet happened. “As a president, I will not give him any ultimatum or some time limit of solving this temporary crisis,” added.
He recalled that the renovation of the government should also include the signatures of the relevant deputies who should declare that they are ready to continue to support the government and its policy statement on the basis of the agreement. “I do not think that we should abandon this condition and our mutual agreement, and for me, the exchange of the minister should also be supported by signatures at least in such a number that the Prime Minister will prove that he has a parliamentary majority,” Pellegrini stated.
Fico was supposed to submit concrete proposals for personnel changes to the President last Monday 17 February if there is no agreement inside the voice-SD and CIS. He has not submitted them to the president yet. Last week, however, there was a modification of the coalition agreement, according to which the vote-SD and the CIS lost one ministry. The Smer-SD party will also include the Ministry of Tourism and Sports.
