Matovič: SaS will receive an invitation to return to the coalition if I am removed from my position – SME

The Minister of Finance does not rule out the scenario that the budget will not be adopted after all. BRATISLAVA. Approving the budget for 2023 will be very difficult, and the scenario that it will not be adopted in the end cannot be ruled out. This was admitted by the Minister of Finance of the Slovak Republic and the chairman of the OĽANO movement, Igor Matovič, in the Sunday talk show of RTVS O 5 minut 12, who also ruled out that he would abdicate his position by his own decision. When approving the “law of the year”, Matovič is worried that the budget negotiation could be blocked if SaS MPs join the opposition. The article continues under the video advertisement The article continues under the video advertisement The vote will not support the budget proposal “Until the last moment, however, I will believe that there will be no politicking in this critical situation and that there will be at least a few responsible members of parliament who will not leave people in the lurch,” the minister said in connection with the situation in which the minority government found itself. Related article Related article According to Takač, Smer is willing to join forces with the devil, but he denied a coalition with the fascists. Read He admits that not approving the budget de facto leads to early elections. “After that, the budget provisional cannot be sustained,” he said. However, he ruled out a preliminary agreement with non-aligned MPs around Tomáš Taraba. “I don’t know of any agreements,” he declared. Member of the Committee for Social Affairs and vice-chairman of the Hlas party Erik Tomáš declared in a televised debate that deputies from the Hlas party will not support the draft budget. “On the one hand, it will definitely be antisocial, and on the other hand, early elections are our goal. This government must end as soon as possible,” he emphasized. Matovič sees good in SaS, but Tomáš thinks that OĽANO has already agreed to support the minority government and its proposals, including the budget. with tarabovci. This is pointed out by the behavior of a group of MPs after there was talk of the nomination of Taraba as Deputy Speaker of the Parliament. According to Tomáš, the vote will not support such a personnel proposal. He also thinks that the dismissal of Matovič from the post of Finance Minister will also depend on the votes of the Tarabov people. The minister himself assured in the show that he himself will not resign from his post. However, if there is an appeal in the plenary, he says that SaS will be invited to return to the coalition. “Whatever they are, there is still a part of the deputies who feel democratic and will not help the mafia and fascists to overthrow the government in times of greatest crises,” he explained. .