Jozef Habovštiak

“Then I was also a member of the National Council of the SR, when during the November meeting [meeting at night of November 3 – 4, 1994, so called Night of the Long Knives, noted Roland Valko] I was present as a member there. It was very clear how they kept everything tight for three months. They prepared the changeover very precisely and during that one night they changed all the laws to their benefit. Privatization was to be done not by choice, but to a pre-determined customer. Simply, they passed crookery. And we shouted there, screamed: ‘What a crookery, group of jerks!’ Sure, they didn’t mind, just made fun of us!”

“There were two periodicals being published: Posol Božského srdca (The Sacred Heart Messenger) and Kráľovná svätého ruženca (Queen of the Holy Rosary). In these editorial offices they already knew what was happening in Russia. To tell the truth, the whole world and Europe were becoming nuts of Russia, moreover, there were many high government officials in Europe and even in the USA, who sympathized with Russia and saw many solutions for their countries, precisely in the social sphere. However, everything was quite different. The catholic circles had their own people there and wrote in the periodicals what was really going on in Russia. Therefore, our people knew very well that when the Russians had come, what would’ve been here. They predicted we would be under Russians; they would take over our fields, cattle, and livestock; that we would have to work on joint property; that the churches were to be closed, priests imprisoned, and the church liquidated. It all came true. It is typical. I later spoke with many even educated people, diplomats and others… but none of them predicted such situation. They were unable to estimate that, didn’t believe that could ever happen, as if they completely lived in illusions.”