Slovak opposition wants to dismiss Chairman of Parliament

The Slovak opposition wants to dismiss Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko through a no-confidence motion to be held at an extraordinary session on Thursday, announced Parliamentary Vice-Chair Bela Bugar on Tuesday.

Last week, opposition party leader Igor Matovic of OLaNO-NOVA accused employees of the Parliamentary Office of reading letters sent to Members of Parliament (MPs) without their knowledge and that the correspondence had been censored. According to Matovic, Danko was responsible for the legal violation.

"Danko has violated the constitutional right of people who send letters to members of Parliament," explained Matovic.

However, Parliamentary Office head Daniel Guspan rejected Matovic's accusations, describing the claims as lies. He also called on Matovic to present evidence for his claims or to desist from making the accusations.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Sunday that he saw no reason to debate Danko's ouster and that his social democratic party Smer wouldn't vote in favor of such a motion. Endit