Simecka: Most Hatred in Society Spread by Prime Minister Robert Fico

Bratislava, May 14 (TASR) - Leader of the opposition and MP Michal Simecka (Progressive Slovakia/PS) believes that it's Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) who spreads the most hatred and is causing polarisation in society, and Simecka has conveyed this to Fico in an open letter as well, TASR learnt on Wednesday. In the letter, Simecka called on the prime minister to step down from his post, as he believes that Fico is not concerned with Slovakia, but only with himself. In addition, Simecka voiced regret that instead of defusing polarisation after the assassination attempt on him last year, the prime minister decided to pour even more oil on the fire instead. "Allow me to express regret over what happened a year ago in Handlova. I condemned this unprecedented and heinous act immediately after it happened ... I understand that you went through a huge amount of trauma connected with fear for your own life. A normal person would definitely seek professional help, which is entirely appropriate in the case of such a borderline incident. A normal person would also do everything to contribute to a change in the social atmosphere after such a terrible act, calming passions and hatred. Unfortunately, you've chosen the opposite path. Instead of reducing polarisation and changing your rhetoric, you decided to pour even more oil on the fire. You threw away the chance for social reconciliation, you trampled it into the ground," Simecka told Fico. mf/df