Statement from politicians: Simechca talks about obstacles to prevent playboys in Fico government, League defends criminal law

On Tuesday, members of the National Council approved amendments to the Criminal Code in response to the comments of the European Commission. 77 deputies voted in favor of the legislative changes. The amendment was discussed in the parliament in a short legislative procedure. Watch the statement of the politicians in the video.

Justice Minister Boris Susko It is emphasized that the penalty rates are the same for Slovak and European currencies.

“In the economic interests of the European Union and our domestic order, they will not change,” he said, adding that the amount of criminal sanctions was decided by the court.

MP Tibor Gaspar criticized the opposition for spreading distorted and false information, based on which the European Commission made various demands.

PS head Michal Šimečka considered this meeting an extraordinary one This confirms the correctness of the opposition and experts who pointed out that the adoption of the December legal amendments could pose a threat to the withdrawal of European funds.

“Now, six months later, even the ruling majority has to admit that it was wrong, had to be amended several times and violated European law,” Simečka said.

SaS head Branislav Gröhling attended Corruption in Europe will be punished more severely than corruption in Slovakia.

“They made it clear that we will protect the money within the EU because they ask for it from us, but they can easily steal the money of the entire Slovak population and the punishment will be light,” the Liberal Party chairman said.

Mária Kolíková, former Minister of Justice and SaS member, refuted the claims of misinformation, according to which the European Commission should push for changes in the Criminal Code. “There is absolutely no room for the opposition to influence the decisions and actions of the European Commission,” she noted.

SNS President and Deputy Chairman of the National Committee Andrej Danko praised the adoption of the amendments to the Criminal Code by Parliament on Tuesday. He said the government coalition once again showed unity. He criticized the opposition for its cynicism.