Slovakia's populist PM Robert Fico made his first public appearance in three weeks, posting a speech online following a serious assassination attempt.
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00:00Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico made his first public appearance in three weeks
00:06on Wednesday, posting a speech online following an assassination attempt.
00:11Fico had been recovering from multiple wounds after being shot in the abdomen mid-May.
00:15It is time for me to take the first step, and that is forgiveness.
00:21I do not feel any hatred in the eyes of the unknown man who shot me.
00:27I will not take any active legal action against him, nor will I ask for compensation.
00:33I forgive him and let him do what he did, and why he did it, he will decide for himself.
00:41In the end, it is evident that it was just a message of evil and political hatred,
00:47which the politically unsuccessful and frustrated opposition has spread in Slovakia to unmanageable levels.
00:54The alleged shooter, a 71-year-old poet, is being convicted for attempted murder with premeditation.