The former Prime Minister of Slovakia, Robert Fico, has been arrested on live television earlier this week to prevent him from giving a statement supporting a protest that would defy the country’s Covid-19 lockdown restrictions.
Fico has been a vocal critic of the current Slovakian government’s response to Covid-19 and according to German broadcaster Deutsche Welle, the protest planned by the former head of government was to protest Slovakian president Zuzana Caputova and her objection to a referendum on a possible new national election.
Fico commented said of his arrest: “This is what democracy on the air looks like, ladies and gentlemen. So once again, we wanted to make a peaceful passage through Bratislava and look at this situation.”
Addressing a police officer, Fico added: “Are you normal, man? How dare you talk to a Member of Parliament like that? What crime have I committed? What crime have I committed? Explain to me. You aim to stop this protest because this protest was to show how democracy is abused in Slovakia.”
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