Parliament to Hold Special Session on Kalinak's Ouster on Tuesday

Bratislava, March 27 (TASR) - A special emergency session of Parliament on the potential ouster of Defence Minister Robert Kalinak (Smer-SD) will be held on Tuesday (April 1), Parliament's press department announced on Thursday. The no-confidence motion was initiated by the 'Slovakia'-For the People-KU alliance over the fact that Kalinak has chosen not to include a villa in Croatia in his property declaration. 'Slovakia' chair Igor Matovic underlined that a public functionary cannot put his personal interests before public interest when serving in his post and Kalinak did so, when he willfully chose not to include the villa ownership in his property declaration because he allegedly wanted to protect the privacy of his family. Chair of the House Conflict of Interest Committee Veronika Remisova ('Slovakia'-For the People-KU) emphasized that it's evident that Kalinak has violated the law willfully. mf