Speaking for the first time on video since he was hit by several bullets fired at point-blank range, Mr. Fico said he forgave the gunman and announced that he would be ready to gradually return to his duties from from the end of June.
“I have no hatred toward the unknown person who shot me,” Mr. Fico said, according to the English translation of the video, looking calm but taking long pauses.
“I forgive him and let him think about what he did and why he did it, in his own mind,” he added.
Mr. Fico was hit by four bullets fired at point-blank range, including in the abdomen, on May 15, as he greeted his supporters after a government meeting in the town of Handlova, in central Poland. country.
The suspected shooter, identified by Slovak media as poet Juraj Cintula, 71, was charged with attempted premeditated murder and placed in pre-trial detention.
Mr. Fico was taken to a hospital in the town of Banska Bystrica, where he underwent two lengthy surgeries.
He remained convalescing before being transferred home to continue his home care on May 31.
“If everything goes as planned, I could gradually return to work around June and July,” Mr. Fico said in his recording. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, victim of an attack in mid-May, said he was ready on Wednesday to resume his activities from the end of June, in a video published on Facebook.
