In the Slovak Parliament, Thursdays has a question hour. Normally, Fico’s party (SMER) dopminates the questions but there are exceptions. One such case happened last week. They randomly drew a question from the member of the Slovakia movement (former OĽaNO) Petar Pollák. He wanted to confront Prime Minister Robert Fico with his statement at the economic forum in Davos, Switzerland, where he made claims that it is difficult to force Roma to work. In addition, Fico used the term Gypsy in English to refer to Roma, which is considered racistic.

Pollák did not expect what followed. Instead of answering, he heard accusations from the prime minister that the Slovakian movement had corrupted the inhabitants of Roma communities before the parliamentary elections. Fico is said to do everything to let the public know how it was. The Slovakia Movement rejects any corruption and is considering filing a criminal complaint against the prime minister.

• Robert Fico sa vyhráža hnutiu Slovensko. Keď bol v opozícii, podobné praktiky mu prekážali. In: Aktuality. 30.01.2024. https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/Fskeb1t/robert-fico-sa-vyhraza-hnutiu-slovensko-ked-bol-v-opozicii-podobne-praktiky-mu-prekazali/