By: Dr Metod Berlec
The Commission for the Prevention of Corruption (CPC) had to temporarily interrupt the investigation into alleged pressures by Prime Minister Robert Golob on employees at the Ministry of the Interior, the commission announced on Monday. According to their statements, the Specialised State Prosecutor’s Office assessed that disclosing part of the documentation from the file, requested by Golob, would harm the interests of the pre-trial procedure.
Based on their opinion and supposedly a re-examination of the documentation, the so-called anti-corruption commission decided to temporarily suspend the proceedings against Golob, which sparked strong reactions on social media. According to this logic, the CPC should not investigate the purchase of a dilapidated business building on Litijska Street in Ljubljana for the needs of the judiciary, as investigative journalist Bojan Požar noted, as the National Investigation Bureau had reportedly started investigating the matter last week. Legendary journalist Vinko Vasle pointed out that the commission has the option to deny an individual access to the documentation if it deems it necessary, regardless of whether the police and the prosecution are involved in the case. The fact that they did not do so in Golob’s case raises suspicions of corruption within the commission, “especially the hint that someone from the CPC instructed him to request access to the documentation”. The controversial decision of the CPC, which employs nearly fifty people, was also commented on by the leader of the SDS party, Janez Janša, on the X network. “Who still believes this? They are literally making a mockery of the law, the constitution, basic order, the dignity of citizens, normality, and all of us. Enough!” He also announced a major spring protest against free corruption and clientelism.
In this context, the question immediately arose whether the “external centres of power” led by Milan Kučan bought time with the alleged independent decision of the CPC to find a replacement for Golob, who has not proven himself in the position of prime minister or has completely embarrassed himself. Just recently, the words of the President of the Republic, Nataša Pirc Musar, echoed strongly in public, stating that if the CPC finds a breach of integrity regarding the alleged exertion of pressure on the former interior minister Tatjana Bobnar and others at the ministry, Prime Minister Robert Golob should “resign”. “It is not up to her to call for his resignation,” she added. It must be understood that by relinquishing further investigation, the CPC delegated the authority for procedural actions to the police and the prosecution, i.e., two law enforcement agencies that Golob had already largely subordinated in recent months. This means that the investigation against the current prime minister is in serious doubt. It could be prolonged or completely halted after a certain period. On the other hand, there is still the possibility that the CPC will “reconsider” one day and pronounce a “condemnation”. Of course, when they find a replacement for the “energy genius”. As experts warn, the puppeteers from the shadows had planned to replace Golob already before the New Year, but they did not find a suitable replacement for him, so with the current decision of the CPC, they temporarily “loosened” the noose around Golob’s neck. They extended his mandate. If he remains “good” until further notice or until they find his replacement, “another new face that would temporarily, until regular elections, calm the passions and dissatisfaction of the people due to the inactivity and wrong moves of the current government”. This bought them time for a new deception, as the transition left does not currently fare well in polls, so they definitely do not want preliminary parliamentary elections. According to the Parsifal public opinion poll published in this issue of the magazine, the centre-right side would win if European or parliamentary elections were held today. However, as always, we must be aware that elections, not public opinion polls, decide.
Of course, every day it becomes evident that we have a political leadership that is dragging us back into the past (socialist) times. Now it is completely apparent, even in foreign policy, where the ruling left coalition and the associated majority media vigorously advocate for the Palestinians (read Islamic terrorists from the ranks of Hamas, who brutally massacred Israeli civilians on October 7th, 2023) as in the time of socialist Yugoslavia when we had to watch Tito’s criminal comrades and terrorists practically daily on TV Dnevnik, such as Arafat from the Non-Aligned Movement. Instead of “returning to core Europe”, we witness camaraderie, Minister of Foreign Affairs Taja Fajon fraternising with criminal regimes, or their representatives from the Middle East. As if Slovenia were not a member of the European Union or NATO…
