Slovak President Zuzana Caputova, according to Interfax, cited the outcome of parliamentary elections, won by the Smer-SD party of former Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, to stop the approval of another military assistance package for Ukraine
The Slovak Defense Ministry was considering the possibility of another military assistance package for Ukraine. And the outgoing technocratic government of Ludovit Odor could have tried to provide it, but Caputova opposed the plan and described such a scheme as “disrespect for the voters.”
Caputova’s spokesman, Martin Strizinec, explained that the president thus “showed respect for the outcome of democratic elections,” since the winner, Smer-SD, had promised the voters “not to give a single round to Ukraine.” Caputova believed that the disregard of the stance of Smer-SD, along with “some other” parties, “would set an unfortunate precedent.”
