Slovakia Different after Journalist's Murder, Agree Several Ministers

Bratislava, February 21 (TASR) - Justice Minister Gabor Gal (Most-Hid), Health Minister Andrea Kalavska and Foreign Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak (both Smer-SD nominees) agree that Slovakia has changed one year after the murder of journalist Jan Kuciak,. "Everyone, be they at the highest levels of the public sphere or lower than that, has become aware of the fact that their work is being judged. If they neglect anything, do anything wrong, they will be held responsible," stated Gal, who believes that the murder will eventually be cleared up. "The wheels of justice grind slowly but exceedingly small," he added. Kalavska is also of the opinion that the murder will be solved. At the same time she's convinced that Slovak society has become more sensitive to the things happening around it. Lajcak agrees with his colleagues. "Society has woken up, and the level of tolerance towards certain phenomena has been lowered. It increases the pressure on us, public officials," he stated, adding that this is good for society. zel/df