PM Robert Fico. (source: TASR)
After “an alleged attack” on the dog of Smer’s former labour minister Viera Tomanová, and the Government Office being “threatened” with cobblestones in the bushes in the past, PM and Smer party leader Robert Fico has found yet another unusual reason to convene a Security Council meeting.
On Sunday evening, he posted a short video on social media to announce his decision to hold the meeting on Monday. He claimed that he had to consult his coalition partners Hlas and SNS, intelligence agencies and the police about Slovakia’s position, which will be presented at a meeting with EU and NATO member states in Paris on Monday (February 26) evening.
Fico helped himself by intimidating the public. Without explanation, he gave the impression that he could be stripped of his job and that Slovakia could be forced to send its soldiers to Ukraine.
“Even if my position were to cost me the position of prime minister, I’ll do everything to prevent the direct participation of Slovak soldiers in the war in Ukraine,” he said.
The Smer leader also created an atmosphere of fear by asserting that the topics that the leaders are supposed to talk about in Paris are ‘chilling’ and he called the entire informal summit a ‘combat meeting’.
On Monday, he claimed that several NATO and EU member states are considering sending their soldiers to Ukraine on a bilateral basis.
Here’s why and how Fico is lying about the Paris conference:
Why is Fico misleading when he claims that he could lose the post of prime minister?
What does the French president have to do with Slovak soldiers?
Why is Fico the only one claiming that troops will be sent to Ukraine?
Why does Fico, after 30 years in politics, actually know that he is not going to a ‘combat meeting’?
In what ways do Fico IV’s claims copy Fico in the opposition, Fico III and [ex-prime minister with authoritarian tendencies] Vladimír Mečiar?
1) Why is Fico misleading when he claims that he could lose the post of prime minister?
There is no possibility of Fico losing his post based on his attitudes towards Ukraine.
