The Wednesday session, scheduled for noon, could still be postponed in case changes are made to the list of candidates as a result of opinions by parliamentary committees or in case of other procedural delays.

The parliamentary hearings will meanwhile start on Monday morning, when the parliamentary Education, Science, Culture, Sport and Youth Committee will interview Jernej Pikalo, proposed for education, science and sports minister and Uroš Grilc, proposed for culture minister.

At the same time, the Justice, Public Administration Committee and the Interior Affair Committee will scrutinise the candidate for interior affairs and public administration minister Gregor Virant and candidate for justice minister Senko Pličanič.

At 3 PM the Economy Committee will talk with Stanko Stepišnik, proposed for economic development and technology minister, and the Defence Committee with defence minister candidate Roman Jaklič.

Dejan Židan, the candidate for agriculture and environment minister, and Tomaž Gantar, expected to return to the Health Ministry, will be heard by the Agriculture, Forestry, Food and Environment Committee and the Health Committee respectively at 6 PM.

Expected to draw a lot of attention is the hearing of the prospective new finance minister Uroš Čufer, who will appear before the Finance and Monetary Policy Committee on Tuesday morning. At the same time Igor Maher will present his plans for the the Infrastructure and Spatial Planning Ministry.

The Commission for Slovenians Abroad will lend its ear to the candidate for minister for Slovenians abroad, Tina Komel, at noon, while a hearing of Anja Kopač Mrak, the prospective new minister for labour, family, social affairs and equal opportunities, will follow at 4 PM.

Taking the floor last will be Karl Erjavec, who will try to convince the Foreign Policy Committee that he deserves to return to the Foreign Ministry, which he left as his Pensioners' Party (DeSUS) recently quit the Janez Janša-led coalition.

In line the with the rules of procedure, the committees need to inform Bratušek of their opinion within 48 hours after the presentation. She then has three days to propose potential replacements, who would then have another three days to present themselves to the relevant committees.