Hlas-SD Party Calls on Prime Minister to Freeze Ministers' Salaries
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The Hlas-SD party has asked Prime Minister Robert Fico to include a proposal to freeze ministers' salaries and allowances on the government cabinet's agenda. Parliamentary group leader Róbert Puci announced the request at a Tuesday press conference, noting that members of the National Council, Slovakia's parliament, have already frozen their own wages. Hlas-SD is the junior partner in Slovakia's ruling coalition, alongside Fico's Smer-SD party. The call for salary freezes comes as the government faces economic pressures and seeks to demonstrate fiscal responsibility. Parliamentary deputies had previously agreed to freeze their salaries, setting a precedent that the party now wants extended to government ministers.