BRATISLAVA, January 7, (WEBNOVINY)- The opposition SMER-SD of Robert Fico that has been Slovakia’s strongest party for years is launching its campaign before March 10 early elections on January 16. “As of January 16 the so-called centrally organized meetings with the public start. It will be standard political and also ‘table talk’ meetings again. These will not be merely political meetings. We want again just as we did it many times before to attract people’s attention through culture. This time I have on my mind cooperation with actors, artists, but it is a common practice,” Fico told in an interview for SITA. According to him the practice is the same in all countries and also other political parties use it. “This will be the culmination of our day, but by that time we will work all day long. People, schools, rallies. A classic election campaign,” said Fico.
However SMER-SD has been in a pre-election campaign since the first day they were sent to the opposition, according to Fico. He said that the campaign usually begins with the first day of the new election period. “We have not neglected anything. Who knew in March 2011 that the government will fall apart at the end of 2011? But we were not lazy. We organized celebrations of the International Women’s Day, talked with people. We used each opportunity. I visited an enormous number of events, I attended schools, too,” said the boss of SMER-SD. Fico believes that SMER-SD is an established brand. “We do not need to spend hundreds of millions of crowns or tens of millions of euros to present ourselves, which is how other political parties do it, mainly those brand new ones,” he said.
Fico believes that people currently need elementary certainties. “A man has to feel that the state will take on. It is such a good feeling. The government will do something. The government will struggle. Also people have to make a great effort. People as if lost this feeling of certainty over the past period. And it is quite justified as to end up on the top of the price hike chart is not a very good mark for the ongoing government,” stated Fico. According to him his party gave certainties to people and is prepared to provide them also in the upcoming period.
SITA
