Outgoing president to found new party

President Andrej Kiska, whose term in office is due to expire in mid-June, announced in a video released on Wednesday morning that he plans to set up a political party within the next few months. "Slovakia wants change. We've won this [presidential] election, now we must win the general election. That's why I'm going to set up a political party. I want to unite decent and willing people and change our country for the better," said Kiska. He added that since as president he is obliged to be non-partisan, he will wait until 17 June to release further information on the project. The late-March presidential election was won by liberal community activist Zuzana Čaputová, a member of the relatively new party Progressive Slovakia. Kiska endorsed Čaputová both in the first round of the presidential election and the run-off against Smer-SD-backed European Commission Vice-president Maroš Šefčovič. The next general election in Slovakia is due to take place in March 2020, although some have speculated that it could be moved forward, possibly to the autumn of 2019.