Departure of Slovakia PM leads to technocrat government
https://www.rte.ie/news/2023/0508/13823 ... m-resigns/Monday, 8 May 2023 15:30
Slovakia's Prime Minister Eduard Heger resigned yesterday four months ahead of a parliamentary election in September.
Mr Heger had led a minority conservative government since 2021 but had been on fragile ground since December when he lost a no-confidence vote in parliament.
Mr Heger's resignation followed a week in which two of his cabinet ministers had also quit - agricultural minister Samuel Vlcan over allegations involving subsidies for a company that he owns and, one day later, the resignation of his foreign minister Ratislav Kacer.
The departure of Mr Heger raises the prospect of a return to office of former Prime Minister Robert Fico, who leads the populist, centre-left Slovak Social Democracy party (SMER).
Mr Fico's party is currently polling at 17%, the largest show of support for a party in Slovakia, just ahead of Voice, another centre-left party, according to Politico’s Poll of Polls.