Bumpy road ahead for coalition after passage of budgets

Time is running out for certain laws and in the next two months it will transpire whether the ministers have fulfilled expectations, Igor Zorčič, deputy group leader for the Modern Centre Party (SMC) said on Tuesday.

He expects the coming period will be difficult "because matters will have to be coordinated in the earliest phase since it is more than evident that some are already preparing for an election."

While refusing to comment on speculation that there is growing displeasure with the work of Foreign Minister Miro Cerar, an SMC member, Zorčič said the work of some other ministers would have to be put under the spotlight first.

"The ministers who are obligated to table certain laws, which have been pending for a while, will definitely be in the focus now," said Zorčič, who highlighted missing laws on healthcare and the defence system.

Matjaž Han...