COVID-19: Slovakia mired in chaos
For almost a year, Slovakia has been ruled by a coalition that pledged to clean up the mafia state. Its chaotic strategies during the coronavirus pandemic, however, have pushed the country into a healthcare emergency.
Despite employing widespread testing, Slovakia is losing the fight against the coronavirus pandemic as infection rates climb
The coalition wanted to clean up the mafia state, to be a government for the people, to create justice and transparency. Just shy of a year ago, a coalition headed by Igor Matovic, an anti-corruption and political activist, came to power in Slovakia. It faced quite a challenge dismantling former Prime Minister Robert Fico s corrupt, mafia-style system with its close ties between politics and organized crime. The coalition also took office in the middle of the first coronavirus lockdown.