As if a spit in the face for the Gorilla protesters who are demanding transparency, today parliament failed once again to revoke the amnesties given by self-instated president at the time, Vladimir Meciar, surrounding the kidnapping of former President Michal Kovac’s son. This is the sixth time a motion to annul the dubious amnesties has [...]
The anti-Gorilla protests are set to continue today with public protests organised in all the major cities in the country, including a show of support from Slovaks abroad in Prague and London. There are now over 17,500 people confirmed on social network Facebook as attending the biggest protest in Bratislava as part of the Gorilla II [...]
Provocative independent MP Igor Matovic (head of the Ordinary People and Independent Personalities party) has been involved again in a scuffle in parliament, this time with SNS caucus head Rafael Rafaj. The incident was sparked off when MPs were debating the possible cancellation of MP immunity. Taking the floor, Matovic was holding a sign saying [...]
Acting Prime Minister Iveta Radicova has become the latest target in the Gorilla affair, after head of Smer-SD Robert Fico hinted on a TV political discussion programme that she had met with Penta representative Jaroslav Hascak at her home several times. Fico’s allegations of meetings were confirmed by Penta, but the Government Office has contested [...]
Some of the allegations arising out of the Gorilla corruption affair could be gaining weight as TV Markiza claimed at the end of last week how a company owned by former head of privatisation agency FNM Anna Bubenikova’s husband, Roman Bubenik, was involved in a transaction that was mentioned in the Gorilla reports. According to [...]
Former head of the special unit of the Anti-Corruption Office (UBPK), Jan Rejda, who was the first to admit openly that the Gorilla operation had taken place, has now confirmed that copies of the actual recordings probably exist and that they have been used in the past by secret service agents from the SIS to [...]
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