Rasi: Demands of Huliak and Co. Problem for SNS and Danko

Bratislava, November 20 (TASR) - Answering media questions ahead of the government session on Wednesday, Investment Minister Richard Rasi (Voice-SD) said that the demands of Independent MPs Rudolf Huliak, Pavel Luptak and Ivan Sefcik, a trio who recently left the Slovak National Party (SNS) caucus and have now started demanding charge of the Environment Ministry, are a problem for SNS and so must be dealt with by SNS leader Andrej Danko. "As far as I know, these gentlemen want one of the ministries that is under the management of SNS, which is why it is Andrej Danko's affair. The Voice-SD party is not interested in transferring any of its ministries," said Rasi. According to media reports, the three MPs met Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) on Tuesday, but the meeting didn't lead to any agreement. Fico took note of the demands of the trio, declaring that it was his task to find a way for the coalition to cooperate with these MPs, who had previously declared that they didn't want to cause the collapse of the incumbent government. With the three MPs defecting the SNS caucus to become Independents, the coalition now has 76 MPs in the 150-seat Parliament. zel/df