Huliak and Co. Expect to Be Invited to Coalition Talks

Bratislava, October 29 (TASR) - Independent MPs Rudolf Huliak, Pavol Luptak and Ivan Sevcik, who recently left the Slovak National Party (SNS) caucus, said on Tuesday that they expect the coalition parties to invite them to coalition talks, or at least to sign a memorandom of cooperation with them. At the same time, they announced that they won't take part in the sessions of Parliament on Tuesday and Wednesday. According to Huliak, SNS leader Andrej Danko and Environment Minister Tomas Taraba (an SNS nominee) are escalating the conflict between SNS and the National Coalition, as SNS nominees have started eliminating experts nominated by the National Coalition from state posts. The most recent example of this was the dismissal of head of the State Nature Protection Office Stefan Kysel. [Huliak, Luptak and Sevcik, all members of the National Coalition party, were elected to Parliament on the slate of SNS - ed. note.] Minister Taraba pointed out that Huliak has admitted that Kysel didn't respect EU directives, which is why he had to dismiss him. The three Independent MPs claimed that they will support the governing coalition and don't intend to support the opposition's no-confidence motions in Justice Minister Boris Susko and Culture Minister Martina Simkovicova. zel/df