Left-nationalist Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico accuses political opponents of plotting a coup. During a meeting of the National Security Council on Thursday, it was decided to protect official buildings such as parliament and the seat of government.
According to Fico, the Slovak secret service allegedly “exposed structures with connections abroad and with the Slovak opposition” that wanted to “abuse” peaceful protest meetings. The plan is to provoke riots and occupy government buildings. This is intended to force police to take harsh action, which can then be portrayed as violence against peaceful protesters. “There will not be twenty cameras there as before, but 1,740 cameras from all over the world,” news agency TASR quoted Fico as saying.
Fico accused the liberal and conservative opposition parties of spreading falsehoods about an alleged change in Slovakia’s foreign policy to discredit the government internationally: “This government will never take such steps that cast doubt on our membership of the European Union and NATO could.”
The president speaks of a “very serious” situation
His opponents accuse Fico of following a “pro-Russian” course. With the overthrow plans he has launched, he is trying to sow panic to divert attention from the failure of his government policies. However, President Peter Pellegrini confirmed that he also considered the situation “very serious” after seeing a current report from the domestic secret service SIS.
Source: Krone
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