Slovakia’s president-elect calls for suspension of campaign for elections to European Parliament

Slovakia’s president-elect, Peter Pellegrini, has called on the country’s political parties and movements to suspend the campaign for elections to the European Parliament until the situation after the assassination attempt on Prime Minister Robert Fico calms down, Report informs referring to TASS.

The speech was broadcast by Slovak Television.

“I call on all political forces in Slovakia to stop or suspend the campaign for the European Parliament elections. [This must be done] until the situation calms down and [the circumstances of] the assassination attempt on Robert Fico are investigated,” Pellegrini said during a joint statement with the incumbent President of Slovakia Zuzana Caputova.