PM Eduard Heger (left) and SaS leader Richard Sulík. (source: Sme - Marko Erd)
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Government’s fall could be imminent
Eduard Heger has been edging closer than ever to the premature end of his prime-ministerial term this past week. On Thursday, parliament started debating a no-confidence motion in him, initiated by his one-time coalition ally Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) together with Hlas, the party of Smer breakaways led by Peter Pellegrini.
In public, Heger is proceeding with his usual strategy – begging politicians across the spectrum not to bring him and his ministers down. He has re-stated the need for stability in the face of unprecedented crises and implied that without him at the government’s helm, mayhem would follow.
