On Saturday, the Transport, Construction and Regional Development Minister Roman Brecely became the new chairman of the smallest coalition party Sieť/'Network'. He ran for the post as the only candidate at the extraordinary session and replaced former leader Radoslav Procházka. This happened not more than 6 months after the general election, in which the party didn't do well. Despite high expectations before the elections, the party earned only 11 MP seats. Moreover, three of its MPs left after Sieť joined the coalition led by Robert Fico of Smer-SD. "The party exists only on paper, otherwise it's already a dead political subject and not even the new leader Roman Brecely can change that," said political scientist Grigorij Mesežnikov of the Public Affairs Institute. Brecely is convinced that his role is not about a resurrection of the party but about its stability. The party has financial problems and its instability endangers the coalition, which needs its MPs to keep a majority in the parliament.
Radoslav Procházka created the Sieť party in April 2014 about a month after finishing third in the presidential election. He positioned himself as the future leader of the Slovak right political wing, calling himself 'Gazda' or 'Reeve'. The polls promised him a bright future; however, communication with both the public and his colleagues proved to be his weak spot. This Monday, the pluska.sk website, referring to an unspecified source from the Network party, wrote that Procházka should run for the post of additional judge of the General Court of the EU in Luxemburg.
