The Junior Governing Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party is demanding that Igor Matovič, chair of the Ordinary People party, should no longer lead the government and be the Prime Minister, announced SaS head Richard Sulík on Monday. Sulík also offered his post of Economy Minister. "In our opinion, the solution is that no chair of a party should be a member of the government," said Sulík, adding that Matovič polarises society and is not able to lead the government from a personal, managerial and communication perspective. If this does not happen by March 24, the Freedom and Solidarity party will decide on its departure from the government. According to Sulík, the decisions are not in the power of his party and he is expecting further steps from the remaining three coalition partners - the Ordinary People, We Are Family and For the People parties.
As of Monday noon, neither major governing Ordinary People party nor Igor Matovič had reacted to Freedom and Solidarity's stance. However, on Sunday night the Ordinary People party apologised to the public for its share of the blame concerning the crisis within the coalition, noting that it is against an early general election. The party is convinced that the problems "must not lead to a snap election, but to improving collaboration within the coalition".
Investment Minister Veronika Remišová of the For the People party said on the weekend that she only sees two possible solutions to the current situation. The first is an early election, which, according to her, would lead to long-lasting chaos, and the other is both Matovič and Sulík leaving the government.
Labour Minister Milan Krajniak of the We Are Family party said that Matovič and Sulík would either decide on some solution or a snap election would be needed.
