Our opposition members are only altar boys; PM Fico said
In a response on the youth protest inside the country, the Slovik Prime Minister Robert Fico on Saturday accused foreign countries of meddling in Slovakia’s internal affairs and threatened to expel people from the country, a day after huge protests against his government.
“Our opposition members are only altar boys – someone else is celebrating the Mass,” said the populist left-wing politician on public broadcaster STVR.
Non- Governmental Organizations inside the country are supported by foreigner countries tries to coup against the government.
Fico directed his criticism at non-governmental organizations (NGOs), which he believes are supported by foreign financiers. He claimed there are “instructors” from abroad a working to undermine the state.
Fico, who survived an assassination attempt in May, threatened countermeasures: “It is the task of the intelligence services to compile a list of people to be expelled from the country.”
On Friday evening, tens of thousands of people took to the streets in almost 30 cities to demand Fico’s resignation. They accused Fico of being pro-Russia and putting Slovakia on an increasingly authoritarian path.
Fico accuses his opponents of spreading falsehoods about an alleged shift in Slovakia’s foreign policy toward Moscow in order to discredit his government.
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“This government will never take any steps that could cast doubt on our membership in the European Union and NATO,” he said on Thursday.
But Fico has stopped supplying weapons from Slovakian military stocks to Ukraine and frequently criticizes EU sanctions. He believes the sanctions are hurting Slovakia, which is dependent on Russian gas and oil, more than Moscow.
The anger of critics intensified in late December, when he made a surprise visit to see Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. The trip was also not well received by Brussels and other allies of Ukraine.
Fico said the trip centered on supplies of Russian gas to Slovakia. He also floated the idea that his country could host peace talks between Russia and Ukraine.
The demonstrators out on the streets on Friday evening were also posed by Fico’s allegation this week that his opponents were plotting a coup, citing a report by the SIS domestic intelligence agency.
Fico said the agency uncovered “structures with links to foreign countries and to the Slovak opposition,” whom he said want to provoke riots and see government buildings occupied.
The opposition accused him of trying to stoke panic to distract from the failure of his government’s policies and improve his standing.
