By: A.V., Moja Dolenjska
Prime Minister Robert Golob and his circle have for some time been systematically discrediting people and institutions that highlight his questionable actions, using the abuse of state institutions and with the help of the Necenzurirano portal. This is despite his pre-election promises to fight for the strengthening of independent oversight institutions in the country.
The government has reduced the Court of Audit of the Republic of Slovenia’s funding in the 2025 budget by as much as €3.9 million, jeopardising its operations. This happened after the Court of Audit warned that the government violated the Public Finance Act through negligent actions by allocating millions from state reserves for the purchase of a failing building on Litijska Street. The act prohibits the use of funds from state reserves for purchasing state real estate. Such acquisitions must be planned and carried out through standard procedures according to the law.
A Ministry of Justice auditor, who reviewed the purchase of the building on Litijska and similarly highlighted illegalities as the Court of Audit did, also fell out of favour with Golob and his ministers. The auditor recently received a reprimand, under dubious justifications, without termination of regular employment.
Golob has increasingly attacked institutions that are unfavourable to him through the portal Necenzurirano, run by individuals connected to him. Among other things, the portal recently attempted to discredit the public opinion agency Mediana, which recorded the lowest support to date for Golob, his party, and his government. After critical articles about the agency were published on Necenzurirano, the support for the government and Golob remarkably improved in the next survey.
Yesterday, Necenzurirano also targeted the Commission for the Prevention of Corruption (CPC), just before Robert Golob was scheduled for a hearing there regarding political pressure on the police. The portal accused the CPC of, among other things, having lost the fight against corruption, seemingly trying to undermine the significance of Golob’s hearing before the commission.
It is worth noting that Vesna Vuković, the former Secretary-General of the Gibanje Svoboda, once worked as a journalist at Necenzurirano. During that time, she inexplicably received tens of thousands of euros from the company Gen-I, which was then led by Golob.
The portal’s editor-in-chief is Primož Cirman, the husband of the government’s PR head Petra Bezjak Cirman. Another journalist at the portal, Tomaž Modic, is a professional associate of the parliamentary investigative commission led by the Gibanje Svoboda party.