Fico doesn't deserve to be reelected

Parts of a recorded discussion dealing with dubious donations to the governing left-wing populist party Smer have surfaced in the run-up to Saturday's elections in Slovakia. The recordings come as an embarrassment to Prime Minister Robert Fico, whose voice can be heard on the tape. Fico has filed charges against the daily Sme, which published the recorded text. The newspaper comments: "Every vote, and every voice - even a recorded one - can decide how the country will be governed in the years to come. ... The voice on the tape speaks volumes. If it really does belong to Fico it proves that his party has been based on fraud, clientelism and corruption since its very inception. Silence would be out of place here. The past months have brought a quantity of evidence that Smer was born as a business project. The current recordings are just the latest piece of evidence. But even without it it is clear that Fico and his friends do not deserve your votes."

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