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The accelerated regime was criticized by President Zuzana Čaputová and the European Commission. The Cabinet had originally proposed abolishing the Special Prosecutor’s Office from January 15, 2024, but opposition MPs were able to delay this deadline through obstruction and long speeches. The government coalition accuses the special public prosecutor’s office, which has been active for twenty years, of bias.
In addition to the abolition of the special public prosecutor’s office, which oversees investigations in the most serious criminal cases as well as in corruption cases of previous governments led by Fico’s party “Direction – Social Democracy”, there should also be a reduction in the penalties for corruption and economic crime.
Fico arrived in Ukraine. “We want to help you,” he said and promised not to block 50 billion euros for Kiev
In December, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) spoke out against the planned shortening of the statute of limitations for criminal offenses. The European Parliament adopted a Slovak criticism of the resolution last week.
As for Mečiar
The leader of the opposition Progressive Slovakia, Michal Šimečka, described the progress of the governing coalition as a return to the times of Vladimír Mečiar. The opposition complains that it has been silenced by the ruling coalition and that it must approve changes to the criminal law to release “its people” accused of corruption.
The leader of the opposition party Svoboda a Solidarita, Richard Sulík, described the changes in criminal law as a major amnesty. He announced that the opposition would refer the matter to the Constitutional Court.
“They act as if no rules apply to them.” There were renewed protests against the government in Slovakia
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