Holding mass protests again against the Slovak government

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency, citing the Austrian newspaper “De Presse”, in In Slovakia, tens of thousands of people demonstrated again on Thursday evening against the government of left-wing nationalist Prime Minister Robert Fico, who has been in office since late October. About 30,000 people gathered in the capital Bratislava alone, organizers told TV news channel TA3. Several thousand people also heeded the call of the three opposition parties in 30 other cities across the country.

These protests are likely to be the largest wave of opposition protests since December, according to media reports. Demonstrators carried banners with slogans such as “Fico is evil for Slovakia”, “Fico go to Russia!” And “shame on Fico’s mafia government!” They carried According to the TASR news agency, smaller solidarity rallies were also held in Brussels, Prague, Paris and other European cities.

The demonstrations, organized by two liberal parties and a conservative opposition party, were mainly against planned judicial reforms that It is currently being debated in the Parliament of Bratislava. Opposition parties see this as a threat to the rule of law in Slovakia. The project also drew critical comments from the European Union Commission and the European Parliament.

After Fico returned to power after the parliamentary elections in the fall of 2023, he put reforms in many areas on the agenda. The opposition considers the judicial reforms as an excuse to cover up the corruption cases of Fico party governments.

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