Following the victory of his Smer (pro-Russian) party in Saturday’s legislative elections in Slovakia, Robert Fico promised that he will propose the immediate opening of negotiations with Moscow to end the war in Ukraine.
In his victory speech, former Prime Minister Fico insisted that his government will stop providing military aid to kyiv, ensuring that it will put national interests above the issue of war in Ukraine.
“Our problems are different. If they give me the mandate, I know exactly what I have to do,” said Fico, who confirmed that he had not yet received a call from the president and his political rival, Zuzana Caputova, to start talks to form a coalition. governmental.
“In any case, if my party comes to government, whether or not I hold the position of prime minister, we will do everything possible to start peace negotiations in Ukraine as soon as possible,” said the former prime minister, adding that he has already said everything what needs to be said about military aid to Kiev, which it refuses to maintain.
Fico – who if a coalition agreement is reached will return for the third time as head of the Slovak Government – explained that he has no plans for revenge against his rivals, although he hinted that he has a problem with the head of the National Police. Stefan Hamran, and with special prosecutor Daniel Lipsic, whom he accuses of political persecution.
The populist Social Democracy-Direction (Smer-SSD) party, led by Fico, won the legislative elections in Slovakia, according to final results published this morning.
According to the Slovak Statistics Office, after counting the votes of almost six thousand assemblies, the Smer-SSD obtained 23.3%, ahead of the liberal Progressive Slovakia party (17.1%), led by the vice-president of the European Parliament, Michal Simecka.
Since no party won a majority of seats in Slovakia’s parliament, the country’s future may depend on the party that came third with 14.9% of the vote, the social democrats of Hlas-SD (‘The Voice’). , by former Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini, a Smer-SSD dissident but who shares Simecka’s pro-Ukraine position.
Another potential partner in a hypothetical government alliance with Robert Fico, the ultranationalist Slovak National Party (SNS), obtained 5.7% of the votes.
Source: TSF
