"We are ready to talk about the next political steps to take after
the current political turmoil," said Prime Minister Robert Fico on
Monday, commenting the current political situation. Moreover, Fico
attacked President Andrej Kiska, who, according to
him, allegedly met financier George Soros in New York in September 2017.
This was Fico's reaction to Kiska, who said on Sunday that he saw a
radical reshuffle of the government or early elections as the two
options for regaining trust in state representatives
after the murder of investigative journalist Ján Kuciak. Kuciak wrote
about alleged links between Slovak politicians and the Italian mafia,
tax fraud suspects and controversial businessmen.
"The Prime Minister is ignoring the fact that his government is
falling apart. Distracting people’s attention with conspiracy theories
does not rid him of his duties to solve this deep political crisis or to
leave the post for someone who is able to do
it,” reads the reaction of President’s communication advisor Roman
Krpelan.Justice Minister Lucia Žitňanská condemned Fico's words about
Soros. "He chose to appeal to the lowest instincts. I consider the
speech to be completely unacceptable for a Prime Minister
in a democratic country," said Žitňanská. The coalition Most-Híd party
commented that Fico has chosen to look for an enemy abroad instead of
taking political steps. The party is also calling on the PM not to make
negotiations about a government reshuffle more
difficult with his statements. "It is complete nonsense; I am completely
shocked. I have just started to think about how to sort this out in my
head," said František Šebej, MP for the Most Híd. 'So far in Slovakia,
the only people who have mentioned the name
of George Soros have been fascists, conspiracy theorists or those who
intended to overthrow the democratic regime. So Fico has joined this
company," reads the statement of the extra-parliamentary Progressive
Slovakia party.
Moreover, according to Fico, Kiska's words also prove that he does
not know what is in the Slovak constitution. However, Ján Mazák, a
former constitutional judge disagrees saying that “apparently Fico has
read some other Constitution, not that of the Slovak
Republic."
Mojmir Prochazka, Photo: TASR
