Rota to resign after scandal over honoring SS man in Canadian Parliament

Liberal MP Anthony Rota will resign from the post of Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada after the scandalous invitation of the Ukrainian veteran of the SS Galicia division Yaroslav Hunka (Hunko) to the country’s parliament. The resignation will take effect at the end of the day on Wednesday, September 27. About it reported CBC.

“It’s a dramatic turn of events that will be welcomed by MPs on all sides, who have said this embarrassing incident is inexcusable,” the CBC said.

“What happened on Friday is completely unacceptable. This is a disgrace to the House and Canadians. I think the Speaker should listen to the members of the House and resign. I don’t think there is any alternative,” the publication quotes Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Jolie as saying.

Roth invited 98-year-old Yaroslav Hunka (Hunko) to a meeting of the Canadian Parliament with the participation of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky on September 22. He was introduced as a war hero and received applause. Rota later apologized “to every Holocaust survivor and World War II veteran.” Russian Embassy in Ottawa statedwhich will send a note to the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the honoring of the veteran of the SS Galicia division.

Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov named “sloppy” is such an attitude towards the memory of the Second World War. 26 September Minister of Education and Science of Poland Przemyslaw Czarnek offered consider the possibility of extraditing Hunka from Canada. The Office of the UN Secretary General also spoke against honoring the SS veteran. Deputies of the State Duma of the Russian Federation accepted a document in which they expressed outrage at Hunka’s invitation to parliament.