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Analysts: Coalition May Break Up Over Hayek Group Case
Tuesday 21 September 2010 Zoom in | Print page
Bratislava, September 21 (TASR) - The 'Hayek Group case' is endangering the cohesion of the governing Coalition, with a real possibility of a break-up, analyst Juraj Marusiak told TASR on Tuesday.
At the same time, the analyst thinks that the case will put Premier Iveta Radicova's position in Government to the test. "She is trying to dismiss persons (Martin Chren of SaS and Ivan Svejna of Most-Hid) who are quite crucial people in the two parties," said Marusiak.
If Radicova fails in recalling Economy Ministry State Secretary Chren and Transport Ministry State Secretary Svejna, she will "lose points, prestige, and authority," noted Marusiak. He added that the two men should be dismissed, "because the course of the tenders (concerned) testifies that it wasn't fair play".
Marusiak stressed, however, that the governing parties most likely will find some way out of the situation and prevent the Coalition from breaking up – otherwise, there would be no alternative but teaming up with Smer-SD for Coalition parties.
Analyst Michal Horsky thinks that it would be shocking if the Coalition Council didn't assent to the premier's wishes but to those of the two state secretaries.
Horsky also harbours the conviction that such a radical confrontation of party leaders with the premier barely three months after the election is more than surprising – not a good signal for both the voters and the stability of the country.
"The prime minister must realise that she should talk with Coalition partners before talking to the media. She can't make such strong statements as indicating there a 'conflict of interest' involved without consultation with Coalition partners beforehand," he said.
Furthermore, Horsky thinks that "if the governing Coalition doesn't draw a lesson from this and will continue in providing confrontational statements without previous consultation, its time might come to an end not within a year, as many guessed, but by Christmas".
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