Six parties would make it into parliament, extremists not among them
Hlas remains the strongest party, according to recent AKO poll.
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If a parliamentary election took place in April, the non-parliamentary Hlas party of former PM Peter Pellegrini would win.
Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) would end up second, followed by the Ordinary People and Independent Personalities (OĽaNO), which won the election a year ago.
This information stems from a poll conducted by the AKO agency between April 12 and 17, on 1,000 respondents.
The representatives of six parties would sit in parliament. Besides Hlas, SaS and OĽaNO, also Smer, Progressive Slovakia and Sme Rodina would pass the 5-percent threshold.
Six politicians of the far-right People’s Party Our Slovakia – including prominent faces MEP Milan Uhrík (Independent) and rising star of the Slovak far-right Milan Mazurek – are leaving the party after its leader, Marian Kotleba, attempted to secure his position as party leader.
“All of them share my view of the events of recent weeks and they do not want to be part of a so-called new system in the party operation,” Uhrík said in a statement published on Facebook. Uhrík’s departure means the party lost both of their former MEPs as former MEP Miroslav Radačovský left the party last year.
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Hlas is gaining strength, along with Sulík’s SaS
At the same time, most people think PM Matovič is not managing the coronavirus crisis well.
PM Igor Matovič (front) and Economy Minister Richard Sulík (back) (Source: TASR)
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It seems that the recent disputes between PM Igor Matovič and Economy Minister Richard Sulík have benefitted the latter, at least in the latest preferences poll.
If the election was held in mid-January, Sulík’s Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) would end up second with 13.3 percent of the vote, while the Ordinary People and Independent Personalities (OĽaNO) of PM Matovič would end third with only 10.1 percent.
Oct 12, 2020 5:10 PM EDT
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) The leader of a far-right party with seats in the Slovak parliament was convicted of illegal use of neo-Nazi symbols and sentenced to four years and four months in prison on Monday.
Marian Kotleba, head of the People’s Party Our Slovakia, was standing trial after he presented three poor families with checSlovks for 1,488 euros in 2017. The number 1,488 has a symbolic meaning for neo-Nazis and white supremacists.
The verdict isn’t final. Kotleba pleaded not guilty and can appeal the verdict issued by the Specialized Criminal Court in Pezinok. The country’s Supreme Court would decide on his appeal.