Overview
- Tomio Okamura ordered and helped remove the Ukrainian flag from the Chamber of Deputies building, posting video and declaring "The Czech Republic comes first."
- The banner had flown on the parliament since February 2022 as a symbol of solidarity with Ukraine after Russia’s full-scale invasion.
- Opposition lawmakers from ODS, STAN and the Pirate Party hoisted Ukrainian flags from their club windows, increasing the visible count from one to at least three.
- Former speaker Markéta Pekarová Adamová condemned the removal as betraying humanism and solidarity, and Defense Minister Jana Černochová called the act a failed stunt.
- The episode unfolded as Prime Minister Petr Fiala’s government resigned to clear the way for Andrej Babiš to form a cabinet with SPD and the Automobilists, drawing reactions from Ukrainian officials and Russian diplomats.