Through the rallies in Slovakia flashed phones in Slovakia: people lit them, protesting against the politics of the populist Prime Minister Robert Fitzo.
A rally on Friday January 24 was caused by a wave of discontent with a recent Fitz trip to Moscow to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Tens of thousands of people throughout Slovakia took to the streets of cities under the slogan “Slovakia is Europe”, expressing disagreement with the policy of the prime minister, Which they accuse of a pro -Russian position.
Marian Kulich, managing director of the Public Organization “Mir for Ukraine”, speaking at a rally in the capital Bratislava, said:
“Slovakia belongs to Europe. We want to be part of Europe in terms of values. We do not belong to Russia, we do not want to cooperate with Russia in any case, and this is our position, which we must express politely, but responsibly.”
Recent statements by a ficop about the possibility of changing the foreign policy orientation of Slovakia, leaving EU And NATObecame another step of the fifiva, which caused the anger of the protesters.
On Friday, protests were held in 28 places. This is twice as much as half a month ago. Protest shares are gaining strength against a background of tension after Fit accused the organizers and the opposition of contact with the unidentified group of foreigners. The latter, according to him, are preparing a coup in Slovakia.
Fit was connected with the secret report of the country's intelligence service (SIS), which he introduced in parliament on Tuesday. Details are unknown, but Fitzu publicly stated that the opposition plans to occupy government buildings, block roads, organize a national strike and provoke clashes with the police as part of the alleged plan to overthrow his government. On Friday, he said:
“We see a structure that wants to use these meetings, these rallies, first of all, for a possible collision with state security forces, for further escalation of tension. For further aggression, and then to implement the plan that the organizers of these protests are preparing today.”
Slovak leaders note that The situation is quite serious. At the same time, the opposition rejected the report and accused SIS for political purposes. The organizers of most rallies from the Mir for Ukraine group also rejected the statements of the fit And they said that he was trying to intimidate the population of Slovakia.
It is worth noting that All public anti -government protests from the moment of bringing the Fito cabinet to the oath on October 25, 2023 were peaceful. The organizers said that about 60,000 people took part in their protest in Bratislava, and rallies will continue on February 7.
Meanwhile Prime Minister of Slovakia accused Ukraine of organizing protests. The politician said this during an interview with the Slovak Radio station, the local publication Aktuality reports. According to Fitzo, a third of the protesters who entered the streets are Ukrainians “who oppose the Slovak government.”
The views of the fitz on relations with the Russian Federation are sharply different from the European mainstream. He returned to power last year, after his social democratic party Smer (direction) won the parliamentary elections. Since then he He stopped military assistance to Slovakia to Ukraine, collapsed with criticism of EU sanctions against Russia and vowed to block Ukraine’s entry into NATO.
Rhetoric Fitzi was especially aggravated after Ukraine blocked gas transit to Europe. Slovakia, which depended on Russian supply of energy resources by 50%, is trying to find other ways.
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