On Monday, Miroslav Beblavý, leader of the Together Party announced that he is done with politics. Together made up a double coalition with the Progressive Slovakia, which failed to make it into the parliament, falling short by fewer than 1,000 votes. Moreover, Beblavý together with the leader of Progressive Slovakia Michal Truban announced that they will offer their posts at the upcoming coalition congress. Their coalition earned 6.96% in the election. Threshold for becoming a parliamentary party is 5%, however, for double coalition, the required number is 7%. Truban and Beblavý admitted that it's always party leaders who are responsible for the results of their parties.
Alojz Hlina, leader of the Christian Democrats, 4,65% of votes and out of Parliament, also stepped down from the post of the Party's leader and appointed Pavol Zajac to be acting chair.
Another leaders who announced that they will leave their posts can be found in the former governing Slovak National Party (3.16%). The party's chair Andrej Danko announced that the entire party leadership is due to resign at the next congress after the party did not make parliament.
Béla Bugár, chair of another former governing Most-Híd, which is out of the House, also announced that he will step down. Most-Híd earned 2.05% of votes.
Smer-SD was formerly largest governing party and ended second, The election leader and Leaving Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini said that he thinks that the whole party leadership should offer their resignations at the next party congress. However, party's chair Robert Fico said, that he was not a part of the campaign. He did not say whether or not he will offer the party chairman post to election leader Peter Pellegrini. Fico stressed that he wants to lead a leftist party and that party members will discuss the future of the party at its congress.
