Slovak Prime Minister out of danger after assassination attempt

The life of the Slovak Prime Minister, leftist nationalist Robert Fico, now out of dangerHowever, a long recovery process has now begun, as reported this Sunday by the hospital where he was admitted in critical condition on Wednesday after being shot four times.

“Based on the outcome of the morning meeting of the medical board, it can be concluded that the patient is no longer in an immediate life-threatening condition,” said F.D.Roosevelt Hospital in the city of Banska Bystrica, where FICO has been operated on twice

Since the assassination attempt.

The medical center indicated that Fico’s condition remained critical and that he should be given time to recover. “We’re all a little calmer,” said Deputy Prime Minister Robert Kalinak. The Defense Minister also said that “the worst that was feared has happened.”

Kalinak repeated it There are no plans to transfer him to the Slovak capital immediately

Bratislava, because its state does not allow it.

The politician said yesterday that the injuries sustained by Fico were extremely painful.

In the second surgical intervention conducted on Friday, Necrotic tissue was removedWhich contributed to improving the forecast.

The shooter assured that he did not want to kill the politician

The 71-year-old man shot Fico five times as he left a ministerial council held in the city of Handelova in the center of the country on Wednesday.

The man for whom the judge has ordered preventive detention has declared that he attacked the Prime Minister because don’t like their policiesBut also that his intention was to hurt her, but not to kill her.

Used to be charge of premeditated murderOr for this, the punishment can range from 25 years to life imprisonment.

Measures such as abolishing the Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office, which investigated members of Fico’s party and oligarchs; Proposal to eliminate public radio and television; or under the supervision of NGOs, a law similar to Russian lawCitizen protests have erupted since Fico returned to power last fall at the head of a coalition of left-wing and far-right nationalists.

The attacker, Juraj Scintula, who in the past took part in protests organized by the progressive and liberal opposition Connection to a far-right paramilitary organization and has expressed racist opinions against Gypsies.

Cintula, who founded a peace organization, comes from a region with high unemployment that is suffering from the mining crisis. EFE