Fico Lost His Majority in Parliament
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The Slovak government coalition lost its narrow majority after MP Roman Malatinec defected to the party of former Environment Minister Tomáš Taraba on Tuesday. According to Slovak media, it now has 75 MPs in the 150-member National Council. Parliament Speaker Richard Raši immediately announced that there would be no vote until next Tuesday, November 10.
Roman Malatinec officially left the coalition majority today, and it has officially ceased to be a majority.
The departure of a member of parliament shook the ruling coalition in Slovakia. Fico must now negotiate support for the legislation, while the opposition is demanding early elections.
The Slovak government coalition has lost its narrow majority in the Chamber of Deputies, Slovak media reported after the announcement of one of its members joining the group around former Minister of the Environment Tomáš Taraba.
Slovakia's ruling coalition has lost its narrow majority in parliament so far, Slovak media write, following the announcement of the transfer of MP Roman Malatince to the group around ex-environment minister Tomáš Taraba.
The unseeded member of parliament is leaving Rudolf Huliak's extra-parliamentary party, which opposition leaders say marks the definitive end of the government's majority. Post From Rudolf Huliak, MP leaves for Tomáš Tarabo: The opposition talks about the loss of the government majority shown first on interez.sk.
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