Tomio Okamura, the new head of the Czech parliament's lower house, the Chamber of Deputies, has ordered the removal of the Ukrainian flag from the parliament building, where it had flown as a sign of solidarity since 2022, calling the move "a certain symbol."
According to foreign media, the Telegraph reports, in a video, the leader of the right-wing populist party SPD is seen holding a ladder for a man removing the Ukrainian flag from the facade of the Czech parliament building.
"This is a certain symbol. The Ukrainian flag was removed from the building of the Czech Chamber of Deputies on my order, and it only lasted a few seconds," the speaker said in a comment to the iDNES portal.
Now I am in the middle of sundat ukrainskou vlajku z buddy Poslanecké sněmovny pic.twitter.com/1dcxVrbAQs — Tomio Okamura (@tomio_cz) November 6, 2025
The SPD ran its election campaign under the slogan of removing Ukrainian flags from the buildings of state authorities and institutions.
During the election campaign, SPD leader Tomio Okamura made a number of other anti-Ukrainian statements, including calls to restrict the rights of Ukrainian refugees in the Czech Republic and to stop military support for Ukraine.
On Wednesday, Okamura was elected speaker of the Czech Chamber of Deputies under a coalition agreement with other parties. /Telegraph/
