The For the People party, a junior member of the governing coalition, is asking Prime Minister Igor Matovič (OLANO) and Economy Minister Richard Sulík (SaS) to resign from their posts, stated party chair Veronika Remišová on Monday. The party considers a snap election to be the worst option, so she believes that an agreement will be found soon in the current coalition of OLANO, We Are Family, SaS and For the People. Remišová is prepared to step down as Investment and Informatisation Minister, and Vice-Premier too, if it helps to resolve the Government crisis. Meanwhile Justice Minister Mária Koliková one of the top figures in the For the People party, announced that she'll resign if Matovič refuses to step down, claiming that she's unable to push through reforms in his Cabinet.
The government of Igor Matovič has been embroiled in a crisis over the circumstances surrounding the purchase of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine earlier in the month, although the tension within the coalition goes back much earlier. It has been fed by disputes between Prime Minister Igor Matovič (OLaNO) and Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party leader and Economy Minister Richard Sulík.
