Slovakia tries to revive the genius of hatred after the Fico shooting – POLITICO

“For my part, I will not forgive any of them for what happened today. But I don’t want anything bad to happen to them. Let them live their lives safely and finally discover some peace and reconciliation within themselves and in their bubbles.

Meanwhile, Deputy Speaker of Parliament Ľuboš Blaha, from Fico’s Smer party, claimed, without providing evidence, that the man who allegedly shot the prime minister had been politically active at events organized by the Socialist Party. ‘opposition. “We (ruling coalition MPs) are the next biggest targets,” he said.

On Wednesday, after interrupting a session of Parliament to announce that “the Slovak prime minister has been shot,” Blaha added to opposition MPs: “That’s your job.”

Another vice president, Andrej Danko, of the far-right Slovak National Party (SNS), blamed the assassination attempt on independent media. “Are you happy now?” He asked. “I still can’t believe anyone in society is willing to cross that line.”

Speaking at a news conference, Danko called some journalists “disgusting pigs” and said his party, the SNS, saw the attack on Fico as the start of a political war. “I believe that with Robert Fico we will manage the situation, but there will be changes here.”

The country’s media, for their part, signed a joint online statement condemning the attack on Fico as “a path of hatred that we cannot let take over Slovakia, because it will lead us to the place darkest part of the map.