Slovanian president says he'll ask Prime Minister Fico to form government

Ben Bassey 10:58 - 07 March 2016

Slovak president says will ask Prime Minister Fico to form government

"I have decided ... that already tomorrow I will ask the chairman of the Smer party, which won the most votes in the election, to create a government and a majority coalition that would back such government," Kiska told reporters.

Slovak President Andrej Kiska said on Monday he would ask Prime Minister Robert Fico to try to form a government after Saturday's election in which Fico's leftist Smer party won the most votes but lost its parliamentary majority.

Fico faces a tough task to find enough support among the eight parties that won seats in parliament, some of which refuse to work with Fico or one another.