Parliament: No-confidence Motions Adjourned Again, This Time until January

Bratislava, 10 December (TASR) - Parliament has adjourned the debates on opposition proposals to dismiss several ministers, as well as a no-confidence motion in the whole government, until the next session due to start on 27 January, as MPs have approved a proposal to this effect submitted by three coalition caucuses. MPs were supposed to deal with the motions of dismissal of six ministers and the government as a whole on Wednesday afternoon. Parliament should have started the debate on proposals to oust the ministers and the entire government as of 2 p.m. Respective proposals were submitted in succession by the opposition, seeking the ouster of Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok, Health Minister Kamil Sasko (both Voice-SD), Environment Minister Tomas Taraba (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee), Defence Minister Robert Kalinak (Smer-SD) and Culture Minister Martina Simkovicova (a SNS nominee). The most recent proposal was to dismiss Investment Minister Samuel Migal (Independent). The proposal to hold a no-confidence motion in the government emerged back in January. Special sessions to deal with no-confidence motions in the ministers were not quorate in regular terms, so they were gradually included in the agendas of regular sessions. However, the proposals haven't yet come to the table, being repeatedly adjourned from one session to another. The coalition has declared that it wants to allow debates on these proposals. A proposal to dismiss Sutaj Estok was submitted back in December 2024. ko/df