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New Slovak PM sworn in after pandemic-induced crisis
After former prime minister's decision to buy Russian Sputnik V
01 April, 11:44
(ANSA-AFP) - BRATISLAVA, APR 1 - Slovakia's new government
was sworn in on Thursday, wrapping up a month-long political
crisis set off by the former prime minister's decision to buy
Russian Sputnik V vaccines. Igor Matovic resigned on Tuesday
after intense criticism within the ruling coalition of his
overall handling of the coronavirus pandemic, which has hit
Slovakia particularly hard. After the ceremony, his replacement
Eduard Heger said: "People expect action and results from us. We
have a lot to do." President Zuzana Caputova told the new
ministers: "It is your responsibility to restore the trust of
citizens". Matovic is staying on in the government as finance
minister, Heger's old post. The new health minister is Vladimir
Lengvarsky, director of a central army hospital. (ANSA-AFP).
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