The life of a Slovak prime minister, a left-wing nationalist Robert Fico is now out of danger but the patient needs time to recover, as reported this Sunday at the hospital where he was admitted on Wednesday in serious condition after being shot four times.

“Based on the results of the morning meeting of the medical commission, “It can be concluded that the patient is no longer in an immediate life-threatening situation,” he said. noted on his page on the social network Facebook Hospital F.D. Roosevelt in the city of Banska Bystrica, where Fico was operated on twice after the assassination attempt.

The medical center stated that Fico is still serious and that it is necessary to give him time to recover.

“We’re all a little calmer” This was stated by Deputy Prime Minister Robert Kalinak, the Sme newspaper reports.

The Minister of Defense also noted that “The worst that was feared has already happened.”

Kalinak confirmed that There are no immediate plans to move him. to the capital of Slovakia, Bratislava, because its state does not allow it.

The politician noted yesterday that Fico was injured They are extremely painful.

In the second surgery, performed on Friday, necrotic tissues are removed, which contributed to the improvement of the prognosis.

A 71-year-old man shot Fico five times as he left a meeting of the Council of Ministers held in the central town of Handlova on Wednesday.

A man sentenced to preventive detention by a judge says he attacked the prime minister. because you don’t like their politicsbut also that he intended to hurt him, not kill him.

Was accused of premeditated murder, or it could result in a prison sentence of 25 years to life.

Measures such as the abolition of the Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office, which was investigating members of Fico’s party and oligarchs; proposal to abolish public radio and television; or oversight of NGOs in a law similar to Russia’s have sparked civil protests since Fico returned to power last fall at the head of a coalition of left-wing and far-right nationalists.

Aggressor Juraj Chintula, who participated in protests organized by the progressive and liberal opposition, is a former connections to a far-right paramilitary organization and expressed racist views against Roma.

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Chintula, founder of a pacifist organization, comes from a region with high unemployment which has been hit by the mining crisis.

(EFE)