BRATISLAVA, February 15, (WEBNOVINY) – SDKU-DS Deputy Chairwoman and Justice Minister Lucia Zitnanska stated on Wednesday that three weeks before the elections is not the time to make personnel changes in the party. Speaking with journalists, she said it would help no one if the SDKU-DS started concentrating on itself. “Three weeks is the time for explanations, that there is a chance we could waste. Today we have to concentrate on March 10. Three weeks to the elections, SDKU-DS is prepared to do everything it can to explain to its supporters and those who hesitate that we are prepared to complete changes toward a country with the rule of law,” she stated. Zitnanska went on to say that the election campaign is dominated by everything else rather than programs, results achieved over the past eighteen months and discussion on Slovakia’s future. “Those are key topics before the elections,” she emphasized.
According to the SDKU-DS deputy chairwoman and justice minister, every voter has one general vote and four preferential votes. “After the elections, SDKU-DS holds a congress at which it deals with personnel matters. These are questions that we will deal with after the elections. I, too, want to know what support the program that I represent has. This will also be the moment for me when considering what next in politics. But that will be on March 11,” she said in response whether she will run for SDKU-DS leader at the party’s congress. She added that SDKU-DS has always had critical supporters, which has been pushing the party forward. “We value every single vote. We are competing for votes through our program,” she said.
Lucia Zitnanska sees a great opportunity in the current situation, but fears that it may be easily wasted, which needs to be prevented. She pointed out to scandals concerning Supreme Court President Stefan Harabin. Those will be possible until such situation will be tolerated. “If the right time has come, when there is public pressure for changes in operation of courts, prosecution and the police, changes may be completed. We started resolute changes in the judiciary in 2010. (…) These changes require time to be completed. They need public support, which I can feel today. Slovakia can make the right step to a country ruled by law,” she stated.
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