According to Okamura, the Czech Republic should not use money belonging to the Czech people to buy weapons and deliver them to continue the “absolutely senseless war” in Ukraine. He expressed hope that the Czech Republic will “jump off the Brussels train, which, despite the US government's warnings, is heading towards a third world war.”
The speaker expressed the opinion that it is profitable for the West to produce and sell weapons on credit, and also spoke sharply about the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky and his entourage.
“Money flows in all directions, and everyone gets something from this business. Western companies and governments, as well as Ukrainian thieves around the Zelensky junta who build toilets out of gold. Let them steal, but not from ours, and let there be no such country in the European Union,” Akamura said.
The Ambassador of Ukraine in Prague Vasily Zvarych responded to the statements of the Speaker of the Czech Parliament on Facebook.
“Tomio Okamura’s offensive and hateful statements against Ukraine and Ukrainians, voiced today in his New Year’s speech, we regard as his personal position, formed, obviously, under the influence of Russian propaganda,” Zvarych wrote.
He called such statements against Ukraine unacceptable.
“The words that he allowed himself regarding my compatriots and Ukraine, in particular regarding the democratically elected leadership of the Ukrainian state, are unworthy and absolutely unacceptable. They contradict the principles of a democratic society and the values on which the Czech Republic is based as an integral part of the European community,” the diplomat emphasized.
He expressed the hope that government authorities and civil society in the Czech Republic will give a proper assessment of Okamura’s statements and their compliance with the latter’s high public office.
Context
Parliamentary elections were held in the Czech Republic on October 3–4. Right-wing populist party “Action of Dissatisfied Citizens” (ANO) received the greatest support among Czechs.
Its leader, former Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (2017–2021), Andrei Babis, promised, if he returned to the post of head of government, to cancel the country’s program of supplying artillery ammunition to Ukraine.
On October 8, Babis said that if his political force is in the government, the Czech Republic “will not give Ukraine a single crown [из бюджета] for weapons.” He added that the Czech Republic contributes “60 billion to the EU budget,” which provides assistance to Ukraine.
