Opposition Party Launches Effort to Remove Slovak Interior Minister Over Border Operations

The opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party announced Monday it is filing a motion to remove Interior Minister Matúš Šutaj Eštok from office. The liberal party accused the minister of mismanaging his ministry, citing what they called the deterioration of the police force and alleged waste of public funds on ineffective border operations. Šutaj Eštok, a member of Voice-SD (Hlas-SD), is part of Slovakia's ruling coalition government. SaS characterized the border operations as expensive "PR theater" that fails to address security concerns effectively. The motion represents the latest challenge to the current government's handling of internal security matters, though the ruling coalition's parliamentary majority makes successful removal unlikely.