SLS leader Radovan Zerjav, who has not only announced he is to leave the government but also to retire from politics, on Tuesday said that it was illusory to believe a stable government could be formed with the incumbent parliamentary in which the two largest parties are contaminated with alleged corruptive affairs of leading officials like PM Janez Jansa and Ljubljana Mayor Zoran Jankovic.

An early election is now being called also by the centrist Civic List (GL) and opposition Social Democrats (SD) and these parties have said that a no-confidence vote should be given to the incumbent government in light of allegations of Jansa's corruption.

Leader of the Democratic Party of Pensioners (DESUS) Karl Erjavec believes that talks on an interim government should be continued. An early election would be the worst solution, Erjavec said on Slovenian Radio. His party too intends to leave the government at the end of the month. Erjavec will continue as foreign minister until his resignation is discussed at the next sitting of parliament in early March.

The Positive Slovenia (PS) party too supports the idea of an interim government.

Incumbent PM Jansa has said that attempts to form an interim government would not mean that the government would be stable because it would consist of the three parties that "have stabbed my coalition in the back".

The Ljubljana Delo daily warns that the large differences in party platforms would also cause problems in such an interim government.

Since Jansa does not intend to resign and he cannot be compelled to do so, parliament could vote for a new premier as a matter of form, giving Jansa a no confidence vote, but parliament could vote on a new government, which indicates that an early election is necessary.