A populist former prime minister and his left-wing party have won early parliamentary elections in Slovakia, staging a political comeback after campaigning on a pro-Russian and anti-American message, according to results announced Sunday.
·Chair of the Smer-Social Democracy party Robert Fico, centre, adresses the results of an early parliamentary election during a news conference in Bratislava, Slovakia, on Sunday.Former prime minister Robert Fico and his party Smer took nearly 23 per cent of the votes, or 42 seats in the 150-seat parliament, the Slovak Statistics Office said.
Fico, 59, said he was ready to open talks with other parties on forming a coalition government as soon as President Zuzana Caputova asks him. Caputova said she will do it on Monday. Fico has vowed to withdraw Slovakia's military support for Ukraine in Russia's war if his attempt to return to power succeeds. "People in Slovakia have bigger problems than Ukraine," he said.
Winning approval for sending more arms to Ukraine is getting more difficult in many countries. In the U.S. Congress, a bill to avert a government shutdown in Washington, D.C., excluded President Joe Biden's request to provide more security assistance to the war-torn nation. The left-wing Hlas party, led by Fico's former deputy in Smer, Peter Pellegrini, came in third with 14.7 per cent . Pellegrini parted ways with Fico after the scandal-tainted Smer lost the previous election in 2020, but their possible reunion would boost Fico's chances to form a government.
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