Speaker of the Czech Chamber of Deputies Tomio Okamura said that his country should not provide weapons to Ukraine. The Czech politician called the war started by Russia ‘absolutely senseless’ and made a statement about ‘Zelensky’s junta’.
This was reported by the publication České noviny.
Okamura justified his position by saying that public funds should be used to support Czech pensioners, people with disabilities and families with children, rather than to purchase weapons and support military operations abroad.
Okamura also criticised Western countries for supporting Ukraine. In his opinion, the West is making money from the production and sale of weapons on credit.
“Money is flowing in all directions, and everyone is getting something out of this business. Western companies and governments, as well as Ukrainian thieves around Zelensky’s junta, who are building toilets out of gold. Let them steal, but not in the Czech Republic, and let there be no such country in the European Union,‘ Okamura said.
According to Okamura, ’the Czech Republic must get off the Brussels train, which is moving towards World War III.”
Ukrainian Ambassador to Prague Vasyl Zvarych noted that Kyiv considers Tomio Okamura’s ‘offensive and hateful’ words to be his personal position, ‘formed, obviously, under the influence of Russian propaganda.’
‘The words he allowed himself to say about my compatriots and Ukraine, in particular about 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,’ Zvarych said.
The diplomat expressed his hope that the Czech authorities and civil society would give due consideration to these statements and their compatibility with the high public office held by Okamura.