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Smer-SD policies need to be changed, opposition says
The Slovak Democratic and Christian Union-Democratic Party (SDKU-DS) has called for an overhaul of Slovakian politics.
Mikulas Dzurinda, chairman of the opposition party, said that problems in Slovakia began when Smer-Social Democracy (Smer-SD) won the general election of 2006 and came to power.
He told TASR: "Three years of governing by Robert Fico and his Smer-SD party has shown that these are policies that not only have to be corrected, but that need to be changed radically.
"This is partly why SDKU-DS after the general election in 2010 will not join a government involving the Smer-SD political party, regardless of personnel."
Mr Dzurinda added that the party has presided over the growth of a non-politicial culture since being in control.
During the recent European Parliament elections the Smer-SD party won five seats with 32 per cent of the vote.
The SDKU-DS claimed two seats by winning 16.98 per cent of the vote while the Hungarian Coalition Party and the Christian Democratic Movement also won two seats each.
Mr Dzurinda was Slovakian prime minister before losing to Robert Fico in the 2006 elections. 
