Speaking to reporters shortly after the debate, Fico accused the opposition of trying to topple his democratically elected government, a coalition of leftist, nationalist and populist parties.
“I can’t tell you names and I can’t discuss the situation, but I can tell you in all seriousness that the Slovak opposition is planning a field,” he said.
“The Slovak opposition is making plans to seize government buildings. They intend to prevent officials from performing their official duties,” the prime minister added.
The SIS later issued a statement saying it had received serious information about “a long-term, organized influence operation aimed at destabilizing the Slovak Republic”.
Emails allegedly featured in the confidential report were later leaked to the Daily SME newspaper.
There is little evidence of a secret coup plot.
The emails were from an NGO in the city of Banska Bystrica called “Not in Our Town”, which has been active since 2013. :
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To compel the government to act according to law and democratic principles
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Rejecting any cooperation with Russia and supporting Ukraine
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To maintain Slovakia’s pro-European and pro-Atlantic orientation.
But Not in Our Town said there was nothing secret about the plans – they were written with help from ChatGPT and emailed to around 140 administrators.
“It’s stressful, but on the other hand it’s quite funny,” said one of the group’s coordinators, Martina, who preferred not to give her full name.
“We’ve put the emails on our Facebook page because there’s nothing secret about them. It’s madness,” he told the BBC.
He said that the intelligence services had not contacted him.
