FLASH
Shkruar nga Pamfleti
In recent years, Bratislava has taken on the appearance of a large powder keg, ready to explode in the heart of Europe...
The Slovak Prime Minister faced an assassination attempt yesterday afternoon. But who is Robert Fico?
A 59-year-old lawyer, Fico became Slovakia's prime minister last October. But this was not the first task he received: the current prime minister, in fact, has already led the government in two other periods, the first between 2006 and 2010 and the second between 2012 and 2018. The founder of Smer, a formation originally introduced between different parties of the center and that gradually approached the positions judged as populist and oriented more from the left, in the elections of last September 30 he received 23% of the votes with his party and thus won the call for the formation of the new government .
After being sworn into office on October 23, Fico took office and came out against support for Ukraine. For this reason, together with the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Fico is considered one of the heads of government furthest from the political line of most NATO states and closer to Russia.
But connecting what happened to Fico's foreign policy stances may seem simple enough. Also because for now Slovaks care little about war or, at least, to a lesser extent than their Polish neighbors. The real issue is that Bratislava has been in a sort of political and judicial chaos for years, and Smer's electoral advancement has been seen, among other things, as a tangible sign of the protest vote.
An underperforming economy, a significant increase in prices and a recovery from the pandemic that never fully took place are the ingredients that have made Slovakia a very fragile country, both politically and socially. Then there is the issue of corruption: Fico himself, for example, had to resign in 2018 following street protests against his government following the murder of journalist Jan Kuciak. The latter, killed together with his partner, had revealed in some of his articles the relations between the Calabrian 'Ndrangheta and the Slovak state apparatus. His death contributed to the further opening of Pandora's box for mixing between parts of the institutions and criminal organizations.
In short, Bratislava in recent years has taken on the appearance of a large powder keg, ready to explode in the heart of Europe. Perhaps few have thought of a possible blow to a sitting prime minister, but what happened this Wednesday is a sign of the serious problems the country has been facing for some time. Therefore, to this day it is impossible, at least immediately, to understand from which political or social direction the shots came. Only investigations, most likely, will be able to shed light on the further messy twists and turns of the tangled Slovak tangle. / Adapted "Pamphlet" from "Inside Over"
Lini një Përgjigje