Slovak PM prepared to step down to resolve coalition crisis but sets conditions

FILE PHOTO: Slovak Prime Minister Igor Matovic arrives for an EU summit in Brussels, Belgium, October 15, 2020. Olivier Hoslet/Pool via REUTERS/File PhotoPRAGUE: Slovak Prime Minister Igor Matovic said on Sunday he was prepared to step down to resolve a crisis in his four-party coalition, if his coalition partners agreed to conditions including a cabinet seat for himself.

Matovic, a former anti-corruption activist and founder of the OLANO party, demanded that the leader of the Freedom and Solidarity party and Economy Minister Richard Sulik leave the cabinet. There was no immediate reaction from the other parties to Matovic's proposals, which also included the departure of a minister from another party and one less cabinet seat for SaS.The government parties won a landslide in last year's election as Slovaks, angry at the murder of an investigative journalist, demanded a clean-up the country’s murky connections between business, politics, police and judiciary.

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