Crowds in Slovakia. "We are in favour of democracy and freedom"

Slovakia is inactive in a tense situation and through the country For respective weeks now, there have been waves of protests.. It was no different on Friday, erstwhile crowds of citizens came to the streets of the city, including Bratislava.

Slovaks protest Against the Governments of Prime Minister Robert Ficywhich last December went to Moscowto meet with Vladimir Putin. Fico besides criticised the decision respective times Ukraine on the suspension of transit of Russian gas through its territory to Europe.

Friday protests organized in 40 cities per Slovakia. According to AFP, in the country capital itself, Bratislava, protested nearly 40,000 people. The gatherers waved the flags of Slovakia and European Union. Directing their cheers to Robert Facy They chanted "relent".

– We are in favour of democracy, freedom and human rights, as the EU sees them and as it is enshrined in our constitution. We are here to keep it that way," said 39-year-old Barbora Kabinova in an interview with journalists of the agency.

One of the participants in the massive protests in Slovakia was besides the 70-year-old Juraj Kadlec. He stressed that he did not agree with the direction of the current government Robert Ficy. – I hope our representatives will figure it out and either change their actions, Or they'll resign. – said the man, adding that protests “are not a coup”.

The 70-year-old thus referred to the fresh words of the Slovak Prime Minister, who estimated that the opponents of the government and its actions were trying to organize a coup. The opposition and citizens who disagree with Fica's policies fear that it may plan to leave the EU. However, the Prime Minister himself denies it.

The AFP recalls that last week the Slovak government published a proposal to amend the Constitution limiting LGBTQ rights. Moreover, the proposal It besides questions the superiority of EU law over national law.

In late January, Robert Fico reported that the Slovak safety Council had asked the government to take preventive measures in relation to the protests that she felt could turn into an effort to overthrow the government. The Prime Minister pointed out that the country's “threats to beat”. “This is an attack on the constitutional system,” he said. According to Fica, “foreign experts with experience from Ukraine and Georgia‘.

In consequence to the accusations made by the Slovak head of government, the Ministry of abroad Affairs of Ukraine stated that its "absurd statements treat as an effort to shift work for its own failures in interior policy to another states and leaders". “We advise you to look not abroad but in a mirror” “The Ukrainian side added.

Source: AFP, Reuters, Interia