FILE- In this Friday, March 16, 2018 file photo, candles are placed in memory of slain journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancee Martina Kusnirova during a rally in Bratislava, Slovakia. On Thursday, April 26, 2018, Slovakia’s president Andrej Kiska has sworn in Denisa Sakova as a new interior minister, the third person in the hot seat amid a political crisis that was triggered by the slayings of an investigative journalist and his fiancee and were followed by massive street protests. (Darko Vojinovic, File/Associated Press)

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Slovakia’s president has sworn in a new interior minister, the third person in the hot seat since the slayings of an investigative journalist and his fiancee triggered a political crisis.

Thursday’s appointment of Denisa Sakova comes after her two predecessors resigned following large street protests. But it is unlikely to calm the situation in the country that is struggling to understand the Feb. 21 shooting deaths of Jan Kuciak and Martina Kusnirova.

Kuciak was investigating possible widespread government corruption.

The slayings led to the resignation of Interior Minister Robert Kalinak, who was linked to corruption scandals. That was followed by the resignation of the entire coalition government.

Sakova was Kalinak’s deputy. President Andrej Kiska has criticized her nomination but could not reject her appointment, according to the Slovak constitution.

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