President Zuzana Caputova is in favour of providing MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine. Nevertheless, she emphasised that due to the interim character of the government it is necessary to find a constitutional way to do so. President finds it logical to have Parliament furnish the government with the necessary legitimacy for such a decision. Caputova disagrees with the idea of having weighty issues of foreign policy decided by her as the President and sent a message to politicians, according to which they "shouldn't hide behind a woman's skirt".
"If Parliament stripped the government of its legitimacy in December and hence restricted its powers, the logic of the matter as well as our Constitution dictate that it should be the very same Parliament that can supply the legitimacy to the government for specific decisions or in all matters of significance in foreign policy," said the head of state.
OLaNO leader Igor Matovic claimed at a press conference on Thursday that in this situation, when the government has been toppled and only temporarily tasked by the President, it is right to bestow this power on the President as the commander-in-chief.
Source: TASR
