A new person is nominated for this position.
It replaces the proposed candidate for the position of head of the Ministry of Environment, which was originally planned Rudolf Holyak instead of Thomas Tarbat He was nominated for the position by the Slovak National Party, the smallest party in the three-party coalition tasked with forming the government, party representatives announced at their press conference in Bratislava on Tuesday.
The Syrian National Party justified the decision by the need to stabilize the future government and by the fact that they want to appoint the future government as soon as possible.
The precedent for changing candidates is that the Slovak head of state announced last week that he is not ready to appoint Rudolf Hulyak as head of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, because he believes that he will not be able to ensure normal functioning. Ministry. Zuzanna Caputova In this regard, he expressed his opinion that the portfolio cannot be led and represented by a candidate who does not recognize the scientific consensus on climate change and claims that in fact there is no climate crisis.
The announcement of the head of state was criticized by the Syrian National Party, as well as by the head of the party that won the elections, Iranian (Samar-SSD), the candidate for the position of prime minister, Robert Fico also. Regarding Zuzana Caputova’s decision, it was pointed out that the Slovak Constitution does not allow the Head of State to have a say in the formation of the government, but obliges him to appoint members of the government in the future.
Although the appointment of the government can take place in principle even if its formation is not complete, if the head of state does not appoint a member of the government, according to the opinions of experts, the situation may lead to the issue being presented to the Constitutional Council. The court, which may question the stability of the next government for several months.
Rudolf Holjak, the National Socialist Party’s original ministerial candidate, announced on Tuesday: They agreed that after the change, his party would nominate him as head of the parliamentary committee responsible for agriculture and environmental protection, MTI reported.
