Deputies moved the legislation, which modifications the operation of public media, to the second studying. Cancellation of RTVS on first studying supported by 77 deputies53 have been opposed, nobody refused.
The opposition was lacking a number of MPs: from SaS, for instance, Richard Sulík and Jana Bittó Cigániková, who on the identical time added posts on Instagram from the marketing campaign, as did the chairman Branislav Gröhling. Seven members of Parliament have been absent from the Slovakian membership, three from KDH, together with chairman Milan Majerský, and three PS members of Parliament have been additionally absent.
The extraordinary assembly began final week on Wednesday, however was interrupted after the assassination of Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer). At that point, the deputies couldn’t management their feelings within the meeting corridor and shouted at one another.
Per week later, the talk about canceling RTVS befell quietly. Only just a few deputies have been current within the assembly corridor, Minister Martina Šimkovičová (SNS), who was sitting within the session, didn’t take part within the dialogue.
He answered the audio system solely by way of his Telegram account – when SaS deputy Mária Kolíková insulted Šimkovičová for not sitting within the seat chosen by the applicant, but in addition the chairman Andrej Danko, Šimkovičová wrote in Telegram that Kolíková was complicated the parliament with the kindergarten.
“He additionally says that the present authorities desires to dominate RTBS in politics. I wish to remind his deputy that when he was a minister he used to do a promo for the comedy present Pumpa. And all of the politicians of Matovič’s authorities exchanged there commonly,” wrote Šimkovičová.
Protest in opposition to cancellation of RTVS. Photo N – Tomáš Benedikovič
Opposition events have criticized the legislation
Opposition MPs on Wednesday moderated their speeches