preložiť Political scientist for ta3: Huliak saved the coalition today, but only temporarily. The transfer of Malatinec surprised even the Hlas-SD
The ruling coalition faced another serious shake-up on Tuesday when it emerged that the 79 votes in parliament were by no means certain. According to political scientist Miroslav Řádek, the situation in the National Assembly of the Slovak Republic confirms that Prime Minister Robert Fico and the leaders of the coalition parties boasted of stability too soon.
"What MP Rudolf Huliak demonstrated today probably saved the ruling coalition from an early end," Řádek said.
In fact, Huliak convinced one of the rebellious Hlas-sd MPs, Roman Malatinec, to join his National Coalition. If this does not happen, the long-standing prediction that this coalition will not prevail until the end of the term could come true.
"If one of the rebellious MPs does not reflect that he could become an MP for the National Coalition and go straight to being almost its deputy leader, it would turn out that in fact it is really a premature end," the expert explained.
The unexpected transfer of the year
Malatinec's switch to the Huliaks surprised even the Hlas-SD itself, which was unaware of his decision. The unexpected departure also hit the fourth rebel deputy, Ján Ferenčák (Hlas-SD), who commented on the situation as an unexpected blow to the stability of the club.
"Today Huliak literally kicked the ball out of the goal line with his move, but that doesn't mean that tomorrow the coalition won't be in crisis again," Řádek said. Huliak's supporters are still demanding a ministerial seat for Huliak, who, according to the expert, still keeps an "open option" in the negotiations with this.
Today in coalition, tomorrow chaos
Although the government seems to have bought time today, the political situation in the National Council remains extremely unstable. "What is true today may be completely different tomorrow," warns Řádek.
Not all disgruntled MPs have decided to hold the coalition together, and some have publicly declared that they are "somehow not even close to the implementation of the government's programme declaration".
This leaves the coalition in limbo and any further vote could bring a new twist. "What we are telling ourselves at these moments, that yes, some group is part of the government coalition and the other group is not, may be completely different tomorrow," he added.
Moderator Rastislav Iliev spoke with the political analyst.