By: Petra Janša
Parliamentary elections are approaching, and the last party leader is increasingly joining the campaign in support of the left. He, more than a year ago, was presented with a book, or rather a collection of testimonies, by some friends, colleagues, and some companions for his eighty years. Among them, the now deceased founder of totalitarian criminal law, Ljubo Bavcon, also praised him. For his 80th birthday, he gave his boss the thought of Polish publicist Adam Michnik that anti-communism is worse in the world than communism. But I would add to this a post from Twitter that “Kučan and Bavcon are worse than anti-communism. Because communism, even according to their theory, never existed at all, but it was an abstract, unattainable goal. And they used the cruellest methods to maintain their power.”
On April 16th, it will be three years since Judge Zvjezdan Radonjić handed down the acquittal of Dr Milko Novič and talked about severe pressure he received. He was right to say that by giving Dr Novič a fair trial, he ruined his career. Moreover, he dug up lawsuits, and as he says himself, a prison cell on Dob is waiting for him. I note with sadness that justice remains intact. The Masleša affair has also subsided, and the judge will probably soon enjoy his well-deserved “pension”. Furthermore, there is no need to waste words on the Balkan Warriors case and everything that has been written and revealed about it now.
Do you still remember that shortly before the Russian aggression in Ukraine, our Prosecutor General Drago Šketa met with the head of Russian prosecutors Igor Krasnov in Moscow, where he signed a cooperation programme? You know, since March last year, Krasnov has been on the list of people who are subject to restrictive measures (freezing of funds and economic resources …) in all countries of the European Union due to serious violations and human rights abuses. And where is Šketa today? In the position of the General State Prosecutor of Slovenia. As hope dies last, resolving the situation in the Slovenian judiciary remains a priority for the government in the next term.
Petra Janša is a journalist for Demokracija magazine.