Robert Fico called on the Prosecutor General of Slovakia to resign due to the closure of cases on the transfer of weapons to Ukraine

BRATISLAVA, September 8 - RIA Novosti. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico criticized the actions of the Slovak prosecutor's office, which closed the cases on the transfer of military equipment to Ukraine, saying that this undermines the public's faith in the rule of law, and the republic's Prosecutor General Maros Zilinka should resign in this regard.

Prosecutor Rastislav Remeta in February announced the closure of the cases on the transfer of MiG-29 fighter jets and the S-300 system to Ukraine by the former leadership of Slovakia, since damage to the republic was allegedly not proven. According to him, the service life of the equipment had expired, and there were no resources to maintain it. Fico then called this decision politically motivated. In his opinion, the prosecutor's office is trying to protect the country's former leadership, which made the decision to transfer military equipment to Ukraine.

“The work “above the norm” of the Prosecutor General and his department is especially visible in cases of investigations into the transfer of military material to Ukraine and fraud in the financing of mobile testing points (for coronavirus - ed.)... How should we build people’s faith in the rule of law, if in such cases the prosecutor’s office does everything so that society never finds out what really happened there? How can we trust the prosecutor’s office in such a situation?” said Fico, whose statement was broadcast by the Slovak TV channel TA3 on Tuesday.

According to Fico, Žilinka’s candidacy for this post was proposed by politicians who are now in opposition to the current government, and the prosecutor general adheres to their views. The prime minister noted that Slovak legislation does not allow Zilinka to be removed from the post of prosecutor general, so he must make this decision on his own.

“We want to publicly call on Mr. Prosecutor General to reconsider his resignation,” Fico concluded.

Zhilinka, in turn, announced on his page on the social network Facebook* that he plans to remain in his post until his mandate expires.