Migal: We're Neither 'Voice of Reason' Faction nor Platform

Bratislava, January 10 (TASR) - The quartet of coalition's Voice-SD lawmakers Samuel Migal, Radomir Salitros, Roman Malatinec and Jan Ferencak haven't formed a faction called Voice of Reason and haven't formed any official political platform either, but they still find common ground on many topics, Migal told TASR on Friday. At the moment, the quartet attempts to voice their disagreements internally within the party, but so far the effort has been a monologue only. "This misperception might have arisen from the fact that my assistant sent an e-mail from a domain name [Voice of Reason], which I have registered since the autumn and haven't had any other use for until now," explained Migal, who would be glad if more Voice-SD colleagues started to see the situation through lens similar to his. "We need to distinguish ourselves from Smer-SD, so as to stay true to our election programme and to foster more discussions within the party," he added. Migal added that a change in the post of Voice-SD caucus chair was promised to them back in the autumn. The quartet demands that caucus chair Robert Puci be replaced with someone who holds more open and modern views. "I'd like to emphasise that none of us is vying for the post and we leave the nomination fully in the hands of our caucus colleagues. I can say, however, that we had an internal debate that, as a modern social democracy, we could install a woman at the helm of the caucus perhaps." mf/mcs