Dubeci: I've Never Asked for Any SIS Report

Bratislava, October 17 (TASR) - The coalition is attempting quite pathetically to wiggle out of the slip of tongue by Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok's (Voice-SD), who let out that Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) has instructed the secret service (SIS) to draft a report on the May 15 assassination attempt on Fico's life and neither the opposition in general nor I in particular have ever asked for such a report, opposition's Progressive Slovakia (PS) caucus chair Martin Dubeci declared on Thursday. "No such report has been put on the agenda of the House Committee for the Supervision of SIS and there's been no resolution on it," Dubeci claimed in response to Committee vice-chair Peter Suca (Smer-SD). Earlier in the day, Suca informed that a special session of the House Committee for the Supervision of the Slovak Intelligence Service (SIS), concerning the investigation into the May 15 assassination attempt is slated for Wednesday (October 23). A day later, a regular session on the information of SIS director Pavol Gaspar about security risks stemming from political extremism will be held as well. The opposition harbours concerns about a potential misuse of SIS regarding the investigation into the circumstances of the assassination attempt and has challenged the way in which the SIS has been involved in the investigation. mf