After a brief trip from abroad, I returned to Slovakia right into the very middle of a turbulent atmosphere; elections ahead and in the meantime scandals continuing, even escalating. While catching up on current activities, the developments were too many. Where to start first?
Slovakia has exhibited its very worst. While major Western cities are regularly holding gay pride parades, the discussions behind the scenes were indeed shocking. On the very day, not only was the police force way too understaffed, the police officers seemed hardly being bothered by extremists throwing tear-gas bombs at the crowds. Only thanks to the direct intervention of an Austrian parliament member, who was present, calling via Austria, from Ministry to Ministry some action was set into motion. A major blunder for not only the police but also politics.
The political pre-election debates are outrightly boring. Even the opposition is too passive, hardly using any effective argument against the ongoing corruption of Mr Fico's gang. While the prime-minister was rather focusing on trivialities like financing the manicure of a model, the electronic toll system proves indeed to be a complete farce (as expected since the very beginning). Even this week's festive presentation of 'King Svätopluk", while the country is suffering severe floods, is a decadent distaste of the leadership. An orgasmic show, televised live, reminded the viewer of Leni Riefenstahl's pathetic and megaloman glorification of Hitler from the 1930s.
Czech politics have shown - thank goodness - that even a post-communist country can have sufficient political sense, to impose changes. Slovakia, will pobably remain fully apathic, assuming that the present politburo will again take care of the happy socialist society.
If most politician show hardly a skill to debate and come with plausible arguments, then what could be expected from the broad masses? One still tends to hope for a slight miracle, and there are moments, where one loses hope when witnessing what is going on.
This government has shown an alarming disrespect for its citizens, for democratic values. The corruption rating has placed Slovakia among the worst countries in the world. Keeping this coalition in power is the biggest crime of all. Let's get them out of here. Vote!
MS
PS - to schoolboy Robert Fico; please study again the history chapter on Svätopluk... he was never a king, and not even the socialists will be able to change this historic fact.
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