Following the victory of his Smer (pro-Russian) party in Saturday’s parliamentary elections in Slovakia, Robert Fico promised that he would propose immediately opening negotiations with Moscow to end the war in Ukraine.
In his victory speech, former Prime Minister Fico emphasized that his government will stop providing military aid to Kiev, guaranteeing that he will put national interests above the problem of the war in Ukraine.
“Our problems are different. If they give me the mandate, I know exactly what 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 with form a coalition government.
“In any case, if my party enters the government, regardless of whether I hold the position of prime minister or not, we will do everything possible to start peace negotiations in Ukraine as soon as possible,” the former prime minister assured, adding that has already done. has said everything there is to say about the military aid to Kiev, which he refuses to maintain.
Fico – who will return as head of the Slovak government for a third time if a coalition agreement is reached – explained that he has no plans to take revenge on 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 Direction-Social Democracy (Smer-SSD) party, led by Fico, has won Slovakia’s parliamentary elections, according to final results released this morning.
According to the Slovak Statistical Office, after counting the votes of almost six thousand parliaments, Smer-SSD obtained 23.3%, ahead of the liberal party Progressive Slovakia (17.1%), led by the Vice President of the European Parliament, Michal Simecka.
Since no party has won a majority of seats in the Slovak 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 (‘Voice’ ). , by former Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini, a dissident from Smer-SSD but who shares Simecka’s pro-Ukrainian position.
Another potential partner in a hypothetical government alliance with Robert Fico, the ultranationalist Slovak National Party (SNS), received 5.7% of the vote.
Source: DN
