Penalties for xenophobic statements in Parliament

Far-right Kotleba-People's Party Our Slovakia (ĽSNS) MPs Milan Mazurek and Stanislav Mizík should pay €1,000 each as a fine for stating in the House that Islam is a "cruel, disgusting and inhumane political system" and the "satanic and paedophile work of the Devil". This notion was decided by the parliamentary mandate and immunity committee on Wednesday. Even though both Mazurek and Mizík were given the space to apologise for their statements, both have refused to do so. According to Richard Raši, the head of the mandate and immunity committee, the only solution for not having such statements repeated in the plenary, is to limit the immunity on the statements presented in the parliament on statements that are xenophobic or racist. Penalties for Mazurek and Mizík still need to be approved by the National Council.