Prime Minister's ex-adviser Chmelar: The game to oust Fico's government has begun. Shocking twists and turns await us next year

Criticism after criticism

Chmelár considers Fico's trip to Moscow to be the only logical and courageous response to the "hostile move of the Zelensky regime". As we wrote a few days ago, the agreement on the transit of Russian gas to Central and Western Europe through the territory of Ukraine will expire on January 1. Ukraine is willing to discuss a new agreement, but rules out extending the current transit agreement with Russia.

"Everyone knows very well that anti-Russian sanctions do not work, that they destroy our economy, and that in the end we still buy Russian gas, only mediated and several times more expensive. To suggest that this most absurd step in the history of energy will help Ukraine and to build a plan for economic growth on top of it is something so endlessly stupid that it only underlines three times what madmen are running Europe today," criticises Chmelár, who was dismissed by the prime minister in August "for political reasons" .

The opposition's reaction to the prime minister's visit to the Kremlin is hysterical and deranged, he said. "It highlights what Slovakia would look like under the rule of those who confuse European values with American interests and who would not hesitate to sacrifice the vital needs of Slovak citizens for obedience to nonsensical regulations of Brussels," he said on the social network and continued to criticise the statements published by opposition representatives after the media coverage of Fico's trip to Putin.

Big things are coming, he believes

He added that he has many reservations about Robert Fico's policy, including the foreign policy, which he believes is inconsistent and unconceptual. But on these issues, the prime minister has Chmelar's full support and "everyone who means well for Slovakia should stand behind him ".

He also criticised the opposition in another post he published on Monday 23 December and also took a swipe at the Czech Republic. He told the prime minister, the foreign minister and the president to "mind their own business".

"The head of diplomacy Blanár should summon the Czech ambassador in Bratislava and explain to him emphatically where the red lines of interference in internal affairs are and that we will not tolerate this any longer," Fico's ex-adviser wrote.

He thinks we should be proud of the prime minister's "mission", but "instead we are experiencing the day before Christmas an incredible hysteria of senseless opposition leaders who have been abandoned by the last signs of sanity ".

He is convinced that this working trip does not mean a change in the foreign policy orientation of the Slovak Republic and again strongly criticised the statements made by the opposition leaders at Monday's protest in front of the Government Office. "The opposition forces from the PS and SaSka are scapegoating. They use the same extremist vocabulary as Matovič, only to the terms mafioso and thief they have added traitor and collaborator," he writes, dismissing what the gathered at the Freedom Square chanted about the prime minister.

He is of the opinion that "a much higher game is being played here ". "The first attempt to stir up unrest failed, the turnout at today's opposition protest was unsatisfactory for certain circles. However, a backup plan is in place. Resistance Voice MP Samuel Migaľ said today that he would still have to make up his mind before voting on the no-confidence motion against the government that the opposition wants to initiate. But then again, this is no longer a "dissenting opinion" within the coalition. Mr Migal has deceived everyone into thinking that he feels he is part of the coalition, because he is now acting like an opposition politician. The cuddly horse has become a Trojan horse of the opposition," he said, adding that he was disappointed because he sympathised with some of his criticisms.

"I do not exclude that Prime Minister Fico counted on such a development and unofficially kicked off his campaign for early elections in Moscow. Shocking twists and turns await us in the next year," he declared at the end of the post.

Criticism was also sent by the president

A section of the opposition announced on Monday that it would initiate an extraordinary meeting after the New Year with a single agenda item, namely to vote no confidence in Robert Fico's government.

President Peter Pellegrini also commented on Fico's trip to Moscow the day before Christmas Eve. He expects more information from the Prime Minister on the results of his talks with the Russian President.

He believes that the visit to Moscow was not just a politically expedient move, which may significantly damage Slovakia in the eyes of the European Union and NATO. On the contrary, Ukraine's leader Volodymyr Zelensky accused Fico of "wanting to help Russia squeeze US gas and energy resources from other partners in Europe, suggesting that he wants to help Putin make money to finance the war and weaken Europe ."

The post on the social network X was published in Slovak language.

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