Too many people to rule

      According to the leader of SaS political party Richard Sulík, his party together with KDH, SDKU-DS and Most-Híd can offer a good alternative against Smer-SD and eventually form a new government after the Slovak parliament election in 2016. Talking on the TA3 talk-show on Sunday, October 14, he went on to say that the right wing of the Slovak political spectrum can challenge Robert Fico in 4 years.

     They look forward to the cooperation in terms of the next year’s elections to Regional Governments (VUC) and also put credit to the common presidential candidate. According to Sulík, his party-mate Andrej Kiska should be the “savior” who will defeat Róbert Fico.

     Further on, Mr Sulík acknowledged that there always will be disputes however the parties agree on cooperation. For example, the dispute over the registered partnership with KDH will pertain, which on the other hand does not exclude compromising on other things. Leaders of the other parties SDKÚ-DS, KDH and Most-Híd - Pavol Frešo, Ján Figeľ and Béla Bugár were also present on the show and supported the words of Mr Sulík. Mr Frešo added that the right wing must work as a team. Béla Bugár expressed his wish that the platform KDH, SDKU-DS and Most-Hid would work.

     Nice thoughts, but let’s wait how will the situation develop. The leaders herald cooperation and understanding, but themselves conceded that on some issues they will never found a common ground in as many years. How could they for the saying that absolute democracy can’t be achieved is applicable two-fold in politics. Even countries with two dominant parties encounter ideological shortcomings. One day the two members will come to a point that will be the bone of contention. The more people or groups participate in the democracy, the sooner it will happen. In Slovakia, I think, it is just around the corner.

     History witnessed many moments when a country was saved by a white knight that took the advantage of the quarreling nobles. Charles Robert from Anjou is a textbook example relative to Slovakia. He formed an alliance with Czechs and Poland and this is nowadays pointed out by many young Slovak politicians. Aware of the fact that we can not compete with the western economies, they rather focus on the commercial relations with the neighbours. Another parallel is the “Old Pretender” from the region of Trenčín (in Charle’s case Matúš Čák) has withdrawn from the political life.  But it will be far away from the happily ever after promised on the TV debate.