Simecka: Chaos Is to Continue, Prime Minister Concedes (2)

Bratislava, February 27 (TASR) - Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) conceded on Thursday that the chaos of this coalition will continue, opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) leader Michal Simecka stated in his response to proposed Government personnel changes Fico had submitted to President Peter Pellegrini earlier in the day. The opposition leader pointed out that the Prime Minister had originally planned to garner the support from 79 legislators in Parliament as early as on February 17. "Today, it's February 27 and he finally announced that he barely put together 76 of them. He's thus de facto conceding the chaos will continue and that he controls the narrowest possible majority, which he himself previously used to reject as impossible to govern with," claimed Simecka, adding that early election remains the only real recourse. The SaS party joined in the criticism. "The coalition made a deal that Huliak is to become the minister of sports, Fico the top moral arbiter, the sun will go up at night, rain fall upwards and everyone understands Andrej [Danko]," the liberals posted sarcastically on their social media. According to the 'Slovakia' party, the President on Thursday gave up on his promises. "Before the election, he was promising decency and expertise. And now he's going to appoint as the sports minister a guy who insults women and doesn't have the faintest idea about sports," declared the party, adding that on Thursday Pellegrini confirmed that he's only "playing into Fico's hand". mf/mcs