 In the 2006 parliamentary election, Slota became an MP and his SNS joined the ruling coalition with Robert Fico's Direction - Social Democracy party and Vladimír Mečiar´s People's Party - Movement for a Democratic Slovakia.After the unsuccessful 2012 parliamentary election, he resigned as the Chairman of the party and became Honorary Chairman.He was dismissed from the party in April 2013, due to the "inefficient management of the property of the party".