On January 1, Chairman of the Czech Republic's House of Representatives Tomio Okamura emphasized that the budget used to solve Prague's social security problems should not be used for the procurement of weapons for Ukraine.
Mr. Okamura's statement was recorded and posted on Facebook. The Chairman of the Czech Lower House completely rejected the possibility that this country "takes money from retirees, people with disabilities or families with young children" to support Ukraine in supplementing the reserves to serve the conflict with Russia.
Mr. Okamura described this as an "absurd" action, citing the fact that the Czech Republic is facing many limitations in "sufficient care" for its people. "It is absurd to help and distribute more money to foreigners," Mr. Okamura said.
Not stopping there, the Chairman of the Czech Lower House also strongly criticized the West's continued support for Kiev through a large-scale loan, despite the corruption scandal that broke out in November 2025, involving close associates of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
According to Mr. Okamura, this is a "business" between Ukraine and supporting countries in Europe, and warns of the risk of budget losses as Kiev has not yet clarified the scandalous corruption cases in recent times.
From this situation, the Chairman of the Czech House of Representatives said that Ukraine "should not be in the European Union (EU)", affirming that the Czech Republic should not be held jointly responsible.
Mr. Okamura also questioned the legitimacy of President Zelensky, saying that Ukraine has set too many conditions for the presidential election, and continuously cited reasons to delay this process.
Regarding climate policy, pandemics and energy, Mr. Okamura emphasized that Russian gas imports do not pose a threat to the Czech Republic.
Concluding his speech, he expressed the view that the Czech Republic "should leave the Brussels train", which, according to him, "is rushing towards World War III".
For its part, the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has criticized Mr. Okamura's statements. Ukrainian Ambassador to the Czech Republic Vasyl Zvarych said that the statements of the Chairman of the Czech House of Representatives are "unacceptable".
