Canada House （衆議院の）議長 わびるs for 承認 of 退役軍人 who fought for Nazis
By Pete Schroeder
WASHINGTON, Sept 24 (Reuters) - The （衆議院の）議長 of Canada's House of ありふれたs on Sunday わびるd for 賞賛するing an individual at a 議会の 会合 who served in a Nazi 部隊 during World War II.
Two days earlier, （衆議院の）議長 Anthony Rota had 認めるd 98-year old Yaroslav Hunka as a "Ukranian hero" before the Canadian 議会. Hunka served in World War II as a member of the 14th Waffen Grenadier 分割 of the SS, によれば the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal 中心, a ユダヤ人の human 権利s group that 需要・要求するd an 陳謝.
Rota in a 声明 took 責任／義務 for what was characterized as an oversight, calling the 率先 "完全に my own."
"I have subsequently become aware of more （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） which 原因（となる）s me to 悔いる my 決定／判定勝ち（する）," he said, 追加するing his "deepest 陳謝s" to ユダヤ人の communities.
The 承認 （機の）カム に引き続いて a visit by Ukrainian 大統領 Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who thanked Canada for its 援助 in his country's war against Russia.
に引き続いて Zelenskiy's 発言／述べるs, Rota 定評のある Hunka, who was seated in the gallery, 賞賛するing him for fighting for Ukrainian independence against the ロシアのs. Hunka received two standing ovations from those gathered.
"At a time of rising antisemitism and 大破壊／大虐殺 distortion, it is incredibly 乱すing to see Canada's 議会 rise to applaud an individual who was a member of a 部隊 in the Waffen-SS, a Nazi 軍の 支店 責任がある the 殺人 of Jews and others," the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal 中心 said in a 声明 while 需要・要求するing an 陳謝 earlier Sunday.
"An explanation must be 供給するd as to how this individual entered the hallowed halls of Canadian 議会 and received reco gnition from the （衆議院の）議長 of the House and a standing ovation," the group 追加するd.
Rota 追加するd in his 声明 that no one, 含むing fellow 議会人s or the Ukrainian 代表, was aware of his 計画（する）s or 発言／述べるs beforehand.
Since their 軍隊s entered ウクライナ共和国, ロシアの 公式の／役人s have drawn 平行のs with the struggle against Nazism during World War II. ウクライナ共和国 拒絶するs such rhetoric.
Hunka could not be reached for comment. (報告（する）／憶測ing by Pete Schroeder; Editing by 示す Porter)
