By: Dr Stane Granda
The fundamental mission of Golob’s government was to nullify the substance and precondition of Slovenia’s independence: democracy. This was further demonstrated by the ideological emptiness of the main celebrations on Statehood Day and Independence and Unity Day.
For the systematic nullification of the values of independence, the government installed a doctor of “Repetovščina” in the prime minister’s office, who was dismissed after completing her task. Only a simpleton could believe that the vulgarity of the president of the National Assembly and her parliamentary “Golob girls,” and even some screaming ministers, was not planned and directed. The Office of the President, which never condemned this but instead fuelled it by demonising the opposition, was – as shown by its recent summoning of the opposition to the presidential palace – the operational headquarters. Kučan and Janković also belonged to it – a triumvirate that is now, with a multitude of left‑wing candidates (only the left of the same worldview can send him into history), trying to secure the future mayoralty of the latter. Not because of the “sheriff,” who is merely a pawn on the chessboard, but because of the interests of Belgrade capital, which in fact rules Slovenia. The oligarch in the presidential palace is well aware of this. The financial world is not foreign to her. These are not feverish fantasies, but factual observations.
One of the main tasks in rescuing Slovenia’s identity, its being, living, and existence, was assigned to the minister of culture. Her exponent was the aforementioned “Repetovka.” The foundations of culture had to be shaken because of its role in our history. In this, they could rely on the minister’s irrational obsession with the greatness of communism, which she never concealed. Her visits to Čebine were her pilgrimage, an inspiration for attacking anti‑communism, which is a precondition for the creation and existence of Slovenia. Therefore, she enjoyed full support from the United List, which increasingly poorly hides its true nature, in which there is no trace of social democracy. Svoboda was the umbrella organisation – like the OF or SZDL once were. That is why it never developed its own programme. It did not need one, because the left, the leading “subjective force” of the previous government, had it. That is why they abolished the Memorial Day for the victims of communism, shut down the Museum of Slovenian Independence, and above all constantly smeared the democratic independence leaders. They declared them fascists and even traitors. The demonisation of the opposition, which we have not seen in such a form since independence, is a typical relic of Bolshevism (Kučanism), which does not confront a political opponent only ideologically, but seeks to erase him as a person. Only the preparation of abandoned mine shafts was missing. The president of the country remained silent when she should not have, if she were a democrat. The minister of culture stripped two historians – doctors of science – of their competencies. Ideology and politics prevailed in her over intellectualism and humanism. Not to mention academic integrity. It could hardly have been otherwise, if her supreme ideological and artistic institution is Fotopub. Her civic profile is also revealed by the installation of the “Repetovka” in Nova Gorica, where, while actually overseeing empty running, she led a large part of the activities within the European Capital of Culture. She had to be especially careful that the true culture of this area, embodied by Gorizia as Slovenia’s second cultural capital until World War II and the Franciscan monastery on Kostanjevica, would not come to the fore. The main focus was on defending the inscription Naš Tito on Sabotin and on glorifying the construction of Nova Gorica, which arose because Tito “botched” Gorizia. Independence was mentioned only in connection with the erased.
More important than the visible part of her ministerial work was the background. Into the Slovenian cultural sphere, in the name of culture, she installed not only numerous anti‑cultural or quasi‑cultural figures, but also her own enemies and even deniers. At the expense of central cultural institutions, she richly “greased” them and sold this as an improvement of their position. The state of the Drama, the personal preference of the prime minister, is a symbol of her true cultural nature. In reality, she triggered its deep undermining, which the current minister must now resolve. This is extremely demanding. It is no secret that Slovenian “cultural workers” are capable of “burning through” an American military budget in a month without any visible result.
It is clear that the former minister wants to continue her subversive practice. She can be stopped only by genuine cultural figures – politicians never will, unless they finally expose her Fotopub.