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Meciar: If Urbani Doesn't Leave, Gremium Will Propose His Ousting
Friday 20 November 2009 Zoom in | Print page
Bratislava, November (TASR) - LS-HZDS MP Milan Urbani was given a political ultimatum - leave the party voluntarily or the party's gremium will submit a proposal for his exclusion on December 5, said LS-HZDS chairman Vladimir Meciar at a press conference on Friday, adding that he doesn't view this as a form of punishment.
Meciar is convinced that Urbani is sitting on two chairs when he is engaged in building up the structures of the European Democratic Party (EDS). "It (EDS) arose in the times when Pavol Rusko's ANO (Alliance of a New Citizen) was divided and a new party called Nadej (Hope) of Jirko Malcharek was formed. In August 2009, it changed its name and statutes and was accepted among the faction of European democratic parties," explained Meciar, adding that he was told by LS-HZDS members that Urbani stands behind EDS.
According to Meciar, Urbani denies his membership in EDS, but "we (LS-HZDS) have proved to him, more or less, that he has participated in its preparation and in selecting the people for the party's slate of candidates for the November 14 to the Higher Territorial Unit (VUC) elections".
Unfulfilled ambitions are cited by Meciar as the reason for Urbani's actions. "He wanted to be LS-HZDS vice-chairman, but he didn't succeed. He had an ambition to be an EU Commissioner and it didn't happen. He has reasons for being unsatisfied ... but I don't have a bad relationship with him as a person," said Meciar.
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