By: A. H. (Nova24tv.si)
Is a new scandal unfolding after the affairs that marked Golob’s government and some ministries? This time, the Ministry of Culture is under scrutiny, allegedly abusing the public institute SLOGI to divert funds to the Maska institute, which has been reported on before. A substantial amount of money has already been channelled to their account.
After allegedly controversial public tenders for its “narrower” members, the purchase of “hidden” 13 thousand computers, and the significantly overpriced judicial building on Litijska Street in Ljubljana, it is only a matter of time before a new scandal unfolds where millions are overpaid for investments for commissions.
The Slovenian Theatre Institute (SLOGI) is a national public institute whose purpose is to preserve Slovenian theatrical culture and cultural heritage. It was established on March 1st, 2014, and is the legal successor to the Slovenian Theatre Museum. Preserving Slovenian cultural heritage is undoubtedly important, but it becomes problematic if this public and national institution is abused as a conduit for payments to non-governmental organisations. According to our information, this is allegedly happening.
To date, the SLOGI Institute has received €10,212,335.52, of which the Ministry of Culture has transferred over a million euros from May 2022 to today.
During Golob’s government, the director of the institute was also replaced. The former director, Mojca Kreft, was replaced by Gašper Troha. Troha was, among other things, the director of the Directorate for Creativity in Alenka Bratušek’s government until he was dismissed by former Minister of Culture Julijana Bizjak Mlakar. Troha is also an associate professor at the Department of Comparative Literature and Literary Theory at the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana and has collaborated with Alja Lobnik, the director of the Maska Institute. Maska is, among other things, a partner of SLOGI. The institute is an outspoken supporter of artists who promote debauchery and perversion, as we recently reported here.
On their account, nearly €5.5 million has been accumulated
Lobnik wanted to take over the position of director of Maska, which becomes clear when we find out that Maska has received €5,416,198.37 so far, of which €2,678,853.80 is from the Ministry of Culture, €1,232,352.27 is from the City Municipality of Ljubljana, and €810,950.00 is from the Public Agency for Book of the Republic of Slovenia.
The vulgar “art” promoted by Maska is also supported by the Minister of Culture, Asta Vrečko. The indirect member of the Maska Institute is also the author of infamous vulgar exhibitions in Fotopub – a place where things happened that have not yet received an epilogue. It is not surprising that Vrečko and Minister of Labour Luka Mesec were involved in the entire story with Dušan Smode.
Maska promotes the ideology of the leftist elite
Maska, the Institute for Publishing, Cultural, and Production Activities, is based at Metelkova 6 in Ljubljana. The director of the institute is Lobnik, and the organisation deals with projects that promote the theme of “Yugofuturism”, combined with modern leftist delusions advocated by the Slovenian progressive “elite”.
There are actually many more scandals
Overpriced investments are becoming a new standard for Golob’s government, unfortunately paid for by taxpayers. After the allegedly questionable tender by former Minister of Public Administration Sanja Ajanović Hovnik, her resignation followed, and, due to unnecessary spending of €6 million, Justice Minister Dominika Švarc Pipan also resigned.
We are still awaiting the resolution of the scandal involving 13 thousand computers that apparently no one needs or wants. It is not even known where they are, and Minister for Digital Transformation Emilija Stojmenova Duh spent €6.5 millions of taxpayers’ money on them. Whether a new overpriced investment will be revealed will be known soon; we will certainly investigate and get to the bottom of it.
We have also requested comments from the Ministry of Culture, but we have not received any responses yet.