Parliament has added an opposition resolution supporting the victims of Jeffery Epstein to the agenda of its current session at the proposal of MP Beata Jurik (PS).
The motion is a joint opposition proposal. Parliament approved its inclusion partly due to support from several MPs of the coalition Slovak National Party (SNS), including party leader Andrej Danko. Non-affiliated MP Jan Ferencak also backed it.
In the draft resolution, the opposition stated that "in light of the information made public, such an expression of solidarity and support by MPs of the Parliament of the Slovak Republic for the victims of Jeffrey Epstein would be a strong gesture and a clear signal to society as a whole that violence against women must not be downplayed or denied and, on the contrary, that victims must receive all assistance and support regardless of who the perpetrator is".
PS also filed a criminal complaint with the Office of the Prosecutor-General on Tuesday. The lawsuit also touches on Slovak victims of human-trafficking and sexual violence.
According to Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) the discourse on communication between his former advisor Miroslav Lajčák and late American sex offender Epstein deliberately obscures the problematic overpayment of invoices from subsidies to Marta Šimečkova, mother of opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) leader Michal Šimečka.
Fico didn't answer when asked whether he met US President Donald Trump's former advisor Steve Bannon or with Epstein himself. "I know what you're doing, you're covering for Mr. Šimečka, you're covering for Mr. Šimečka and his huge scandal involving embezzlement of money at national and international levels," the Prime Minister told the journalist who asked questions about Lajčák’s communication.
The Prime Minister on Saturday (31 January) accepted the resignation of his adviser and former foreign minister (2012-19) Miroslav Lajčák, who decided to step down due to the messages that he exchanged with the American sexual predator Epstein. According to Fico, by resigning Lajčák showed himself to be a great diplomat. Lajčák himself has repeatedly denied that he knew about or was involved in the crimes and suspicions linked to Epstein. He condemned Epstein's crimes.
Source: TASR
