Slovakia’s Robert Fico has claimed his political rivals are getting ready a Ukraine-style coup with assist from overseas
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has accused the opposition of getting ready a ‘Maidan’ within the nation, referring to the violent Western-backed protests in Kiev in 2014 that led to the overthrow of democratically-elected Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich.
Talking at a joint press convention with Hungarian Prime minister Viktor Orban in Bratislava on Tuesday, Fico primarily based his accusations on a report ready by the Slovak Info Service (SIS) intelligence company.
“I can’t disclose the content material of the report, however I can say in all seriousness that the opposition is getting ready a ‘Maidan’. It’s gearing as much as thwart the federal government from exercising its powers and it’ll do that in cooperation with international actors,” he stated.
Fico stated his opponents have failed to note that the “world state of affairs has modified considerably,” apparently referring to Donald Trump changing Joe Biden as US president.
The Slovak prime minister, who advocates a peaceable settlement of the Ukraine battle and restoration of ties with Russia, claimed that the pro-Western opposition will attempt to push his nation in direction of an early election, “primarily based on some kind of occasion, as an example, if safety forces took motion in opposition to protest actions violating the legislation.”
Earlier on Tuesday, Fico offered the SIS report throughout a rare parliament session referred to as by his political rivals with a purpose to maintain a no-confidence vote to dismiss the federal government. After the prime minister argued that the doc was confidential and ought to be mentioned behind closed doorways, the opposition withdrew its no-confidence movement in protest, saying it could stage a brand new vote quickly.
Opposition MPs described the report as “nonsense” and “a transparent conspiracy principle,” claiming there was nothing confidential about it because it contained “data anybody can discover on Google.”
“We aren’t those getting ready a ‘Maidan’, however I’ve critical considerations that this authorities is. It will not be troublesome for somebody to stage a provocation at an in any other case peaceable demonstration, offering an excuse to assert they’re defending the state… whereas starting to detain people primarily based on some listing,” Christian Democratic Motion (KDH) lawmaker Frantisek Miklosko claimed.
In a Fb publish later within the day, Fico warned his rivals that he wouldn’t enable them to carry one other no-confidence vote until they’d a parliamentary majority. The ruling coalition in Slovakia holds 76 seats within the legislature, solely two greater than the opposition.
“If you happen to imagine that you simply submit one other movement to oust the federal government tomorrow and anticipate me to ask the federal government and the governing coalition to accommodate your whims, then you’re lifeless incorrect,” he pressured.
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