The New Year’s speech of the Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic, Tomio Okamura, arouses concern, President Petr Pavel announced on Friday. He plans to discuss it at the next meeting with Prime Minister Andrej Babiš and other constitutional officials. In his speech, Okamura opposed the provision of weapons to Ukraine, informs TASR.
“The statement of the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, the third highest constitutional official, arouses concern not only among our citizens, but also abroad, among our allies and partners,” wrote Pavel on the X social network. He added that foreign and security policy coordination is the basis of the credibility of the Czech Republic as a partner.
In his speech, Okamura defined himself against providing weapons to Ukraine. According to him, it is not appropriate to continue sending them to maintaining a “completely senseless war” and accused the Ukrainian government of corruption.
The Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic in a speech published on social networks he declared that “Western companies and governments, as well as Ukrainian thieves around the Zelenskyi junta, who build toilets out of gold” are making money from the war. He also spoke out against Ukraine joining the EU.
Speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament Ruslan Stefanchuk and Ukrainian Ambassador to Prague Vasyl Zvarych strongly condemned Okamur’s statement. At the same time, the opposition MPs from ODS, KDU-ČSL, TOP 09, STAN and Pirátov also spoke out against his speech.
