Police accused of inciting a man with a gelding to be threatened by Prime Minister Robert Fico in the video (Smer-SD). Interior Minister Matúš Šutaj Eštok (Voice-SD) informed about it on the social network, saying that another person was charged for the same offense. Police explained that a 47-year-old PL and a 65-year-old PP man faced the accusation
“In the first case, the accused man in the video publicly encouraged a crime or a serious violation of public order, in the second case called the identified social network user to physical elimination of the constitutional official by shooting”They stated from the Police Presidium, saying that more information on the cases at this stage of investigation will not be provided.
According to the Minister, the current situation has again shown where the policy of distribution and dissemination of hate can lead. “The video of another manipulated individual who publicly waves with Wallachian and threatens the Prime Minister is freezing evidence that this trend is dangerously deepened. Even more disturbing, such persons are repeatedly associated with opposition parties who, instead of a clear condemnation of similar speeches, support the atmosphere of hatred, ”commented Šutaj Eštok.
The Police Force also called on fellow citizens to caution their views not only on the street, but also in the online space. “We register a high level of tension in society, which takes on unbearable dimensions, and can actually lead to property damage, bodily harm or even losing life. The police will regardless of any hateful speeches, ”she declared.
The head of the Interior Department added that at the Thursday meeting of the Security Council called symbolically on the Day of the Prime Minister’s anniversary and, and in response to the escalating speeches of hatred in society, he could not personally participate in terms of work duties abroad.
Direction-SD representatives informed about Thursday about A man who was supposed to publish hateful statements on social networks and threaten the prime minister, at the same time he was supposed to prepare for the government’s exit meeting in Handlova. It was associated with the non -parliamentary party Democrats. Democrats rejected the claims of Direction-SD representatives. They described them as gross misleading and manipulative propaganda.