Slovak President highlights role of decency in November 17 tribute in Prague

After laying a wreath by the memorial to the events of November 17, 1989, on Thursday evening Slovakia’s President Zuzana Čaputová said that this year’s anniversary celebrations of the onset of the Velvet Revolution have a special meaning given that both Czechia and Slovakia are facing a rise in frustration, dissatisfaction and hatred.

She said that the legacy of November 17 for her this year is that decency is not weakness. It was decency, according to the Slovak president, that was able to change the regime even though it may be “quieter and less noticeable”.

President Čaputová visited the memorial on Národní třída after meeting with Czech President Miloš Zeman and visiting the Faculty of Social Sciences of Charles University and the Václav Havel Library.