Slovak PM Fico allies ramp up rhetoric ahead of shooting anniversary - The Slovak Spectator

Slovak PM Fico allies ramp up rhetoric ahead of shooting anniversary - The Slovak Spectator

Photos of PM Fico’s purported clothing and post-surgery abdomen, alongside ominous talk of civil war, took centre stage at Smer’s press conference on Tuesday.

In a country where the public is respected, the attempt to assassinate the prime minister could not be talked about only by politicians who select information from the investigation file like candies from a box of chocolates.

The head of Progressive Slovakia, Michal Šimečka, wrote an open letter to Prime Minister Robert Fico. According to him, the reason was the fact that the prime minister does not want to go on talk shows with him. The opposite path At the beginning of the letter, Šimečka first expressed regret over what happened in Handlová a year ago. "I condemned this unprecedented and heinous act immediately after it happened. In those hours, I directly contact…

Fico Calls on Slovakia To Dial Down the Aggression in Public Discourse

May 15th marks the first anniversary of the attack on Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico. As the anniversary of the assassination attempt approaches, Fico has raised concerns about what he sees as an increasingly hostile and aggressive political rhetoric, with a rise in threats against officials, and warned of the potential of new attacks. To address this and combat the trend, Fico said he is convening the country’s Security Council.In an open le…

“You don’t want to see what I look like, you don’t want to see the whole thing, what I look like,” Prime Minister Robert Fico said a month ago during Question Time in the National Council, when he recalled how an assassin shot him in the abdomen last year. He added that he still has to undergo surgery. Now – two days before the anniversary of the assassination in Handlová – Smer politicians have shown the whole of Slovakia how the prime minister…

In a letter to party leaders and four television stations, he also proposed moving television debates from Sundays to weekdays.