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Fico Still Officially Trying to Form Government
Wednesday 16 June 2010 Zoom in | Print page
Bratislava, June 16 (TASR) - Premier Robert Fico will attempt to use the time remaining until June 23 to form a government, Premier Fico's spokesperson Silvia Glendova told TASR on Wednesday.
"The Premier and Smer-SD Chairman holds a mandate from President Ivan Gasparovic to form a government by next Wednesday (June 23), and this still stands," said Glendova. Gasparovic authorised Fico to do so based on the June 12 parliamentary election results, in which Smer-SD won on 34.79-percent voter support. Gasparovic thinks it would be unfair not to give the election winner the mandate. Likewise, he's convinced that it would be inappropriate of Fico not to accept such a mandate – even though there is an acknowledgement all round that there will be a changing of the guard.
When asked whether the current Government will convene a session before the rise of its successor, Glendova replied that the Government will convene a session whenever it's necessary.
At the last Government session on June 9, the ministers suspended their talks on delimitation protocols between the Ministry of Construction and Regional Development, the Economy and Agriculture Ministries and the Government's Office, with an eye towards shifting powers from these ministries to the Government. As of July 1, the number of ministries will be downsized by two, as the Environment and Construction Ministries are to disappear as stand-alone ministries.
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