Slovak PM Fico's Campaign Against Police Unit Fails to Resonate with Coalition Voters

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has devoted unprecedented attention to attacking a group of police investigators and operatives connected to investigator Ján Čurillu, calling them criminals and comparing Čurillu to assassin Juraj Cintula. Despite Fico's intense campaign against these officers, a new poll by Ipsos for Denník N shows that voters from his ruling coalition parties show little interest in the issue. The survey found that supporters of Fico's Smer-SD party, as well as voters from coalition partners Voice (Hlas), the Slovak National Party (SNS), and the Republic party, remain largely unengaged with the controversy. Fico leads a coalition government that has frequently clashed with law enforcement and judicial institutions since taking power, often portraying certain police units as politically motivated opponents of his administration.