Political career
In 2010, Sulík replaced Pavol Paška as the Speaker of Parliament. A former migrant himself, Sulík has strongly opposed the acceptance of subsidiarily protected migrants from the Middle East, and has expressed anti-Islamic views, stating: "I don't want to live in a Europe where more Muslims are born than Christians."2020
After Freedom and Solidariity received 6% votes in the 2020 Slovak parliamentary election, Sulík was personally promised the Ministry of Economy, to which Igor Matovič denied. They dared to resign, with Matovič saying he would upon accomplishing what he had promised to his voters before the election. Tensions soon arose, the Coalition Agreement signed by the four parties was especially ignored by Matovič, who blamed all problems mostly via multiple social media. As Freedom and Solidarity tried to block irritational measures due to the lack of regard for locals in specific districts and small business, Matovič asked during a press conference whether Sulík would be the one to go and dig the graves of the senior citizens. Prior to this, all citizens in the country had to get tested within a given date.2021: Cabinet of Eduard Heger
On 1 April 2021, following2022
Sulík called the failure of early 2022 votes "the greatest defeat in the political career of Igor Matovič". There were also rumours on Matovič only shooting insults at SaS because he was doing horribly in polls. The same year in June, Matovič accused SaS of working with fascists as Republika, another neo-nazi group in parliament, voted against the bill.Personal life
Sulík has four children: two each with his ex-wife Eva and Alexandra Šikrhová.See also
* Politics of SlovakiaReferences
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