The big surprise of the last elections in Slovakia was the re-emergence of the OĽaNO party, which took almost all localities in Eastern Slovakia with a large Roma minority.
Electoral fraud was immediately suspected. But no concrete cases were found so far. The explanation of this success was presented by Igor Matovič, the party head, together with Peter Pollák, a Roma representative of this party. They said that it was the fear of the populist (and anti-Roma) Fico who drove Roma to vote en masse for OĽaNO.
- Rómske hlasy: OĽaNO vo voľbách využilo skôr zavádzanie ako volebnú korupciu. In: Štandart. 05.10.2023. https://standard.sk/458316/romske-hlasy-olano-vo-volbach-vyuzilo-skor-zavadzanie-ako-volebnu-korupciu
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