Slovakia PM Fico makes first public feedback since taking pictures assault

• Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico has made his first public look since being wounded in an assassination try.
• Fico posted a prerecorded speech on Fb forward of the European Parliament election, acknowledging the intense injury to his well being.
• Fico mentioned he has forgiven his attacker and has no plans for authorized motion.

Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico posted a speech on-line on Wednesday, his first look since he was critically wounded in an assassination try three weeks in the past.

In a prerecorded speech on his Fb forward of the European Parliament election, Fico mentioned the assault triggered severe injury to his well being and that “it will likely be a small miracle if I return to work in a number of weeks.”

Fico has been recovering from a number of wounds after being shot within the stomach as he greeted supporters on Could 15 within the city of Handlova, about 85 miles northeast of the capital, Bratislava. The assailant was arrested.

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Seemingly in good condition as he spoke, Fico pledged to be again at work on the finish of June, starting of July, and mentioned he felt “no hatred” in direction of his attacker.

“I forgive him,” he mentioned, including he deliberate no authorized motion towards the assailant.

Nonetheless, he slammed the opposition and others, saying: “In spite of everything, it’s evident that he solely was a messenger of evil and political hatred.”

Fico prompt that his views of Russia’s battle on Ukraine and different points that sharply differ from the European mainstream had made him a sufferer.

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“It’s merciless to state that, however a proper to have a special opinion has ceased to exist within the European Union,” he mentioned, blaming unspecified Western nations for the alleged state of affairs.

Fico was launched from a hospital within the central metropolis of Banska Bystrica final week, and brought to his residence in Bratislava, the place he continues to recuperate.

A video of te assault exhibits him strategy individuals gathered at barricades and attain out to shake arms as a person steps ahead, extends his arm and fires 5 rounds earlier than being tackled and arrested.

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Fico instantly underwent a five-hour surgical procedure, adopted by one other two-hour surgical procedure two days later.

His authorities has made efforts to overtake public broadcasting — a transfer critics mentioned would give the federal government full management of public tv and radio.

That, alongside together with his plans to amend the penal code to get rid of a particular anti-graft prosecutor, has led opponents to fret that he would lead Slovakia down a extra autocratic path.