Slovakia’s Prime Minister Eduard Heger said today he has asked the president to relieve him of his duties after ministerial resignations weakened his caretaker government ahead of elections in September.

Heger is expected to meet with President Zuzana Tsaputova, who has the power to appoint a new caretaker prime minister, later today.

Heger has faced calls from the opposition to pave the way for the appointment of a technocrat government to lead the central European country until snap elections are held in September.

“I have decided to ask the president to relieve me of my duties and leave room for the president to try with a technocratic government to lead Slovakia firmly and peacefully to democratic parliamentary elections,” he said in a televised news conference.

The ruling coalition lost its majority last year in September after the withdrawal of the SaS party which later accused the government of not doing enough to help citizens with energy costs which last year reached record levels in Europe.

Like other European countries, Slovakia subsidized households and businesses to cushion the effects of high energy prices and, more broadly, inflation.

But differences between coalition parties have paralyzed political life in the country, which is a member of NATO and the European Union and strongly supported neighboring Urania after Russia invaded.