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Four political parties to form new Slovak gov't

Xinhua, March 16, 2016 Adjust font size:

Ruling political party Smer-SD will form new government with three coalition partners, Slovak National Party (SNS), Most-Hid and Siet, announced their leaders at a press conference on Tuesday.

"The four leaders inked programme priorities for 2016-20 that could create the basis of a government manifesto. The result is an intersection of the programmes and priorities of these political parties. It's an excellent basis for drawing up a potential government manifesto," stressed Smer-SD leader and Prime Minister Robert Fico.

Most-Hid leader Bela Bugar claimed that the four parties have faced up to the responsibility that they were given in the general election.

"This also tells us not to allow early elections, to stabilise the state and prevent extremist powers from making it into parliament in fresh elections. This is our responsibility. I'm glad that we've agreed on programme priorities," expressed Bugar.

Siet leader Radoslav Prochazka found it important to draw a clear distinction from previous governments.

"We were striving for three things - support for neglected regions, the protection and development of the middle class and achieving real opposition participation in keeping tabs on executive power, chiefly in the health-care sector," added Prochazka. Endit