Public protest in Bratislava: Opposition calls for Government resignation

An anti-government protest organised by the opposition Smer-SD party was held on Tuesday at Hodzovo Square in Bratislava, with calls being made for the resignation of the government and an immediate addressing of the energy crisis. Smer-SD chair Robert Fico pointed out that all opposition parties had been invited to the protest. According to Fico, the government and President Zuzana Caputova are to blame for the growing prices to a large extent because "they have dragged Slovakia into a war that doesn't concern Slovakia at all". Head of the non-parliamentary Slovak National Party (SNS) Andrej Danko says that a solution to the energy crisis is to buy Russian gas, adding that he's in touch with Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov. The chair of the non-parliamentary Republic party, Milan Uhrik, said he finds the anti-Russian sanctions suicidal and also praised Hungary for the way it's handling the energy crisis. Also present at the protest were representatives of the Slovak Towns and Villages Association.