Janša: Golob has severely abused his position

By: Nova24tv

The president of the SDS, Janez Janša, shared his assessment of the procedure being conducted by the Commission for the Prevention of Corruption (CPC) against Prime Minister Robert Golob. The latter stated on the day of the hearing that the procedure is a “farce”. The leader of the largest opposition party ironically agrees with him but arrived at his conclusion through a completely different perspective.

“Prime Minister Robert Golob is right. The procedure at the Commission for the Prevention of Corruption (CPC) is indeed a farce. In fact, it is more than just a farce, for at least four reasons,” wrote Janša.

The online statement by the SDS president is published in full, broken into four points:

1. Robert Golob severely abused his position by ordering that a state institution be purged of his political opponents. He acted in blatant contradiction to Article 14 of the Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia, which prohibits discrimination based on political beliefs. However, his actions do not constitute a criminal offense, misdemeanour, or violation that falls under the jurisdiction of the CPC but rather belong to the jurisdiction of other institutions and bodies. The call for a purge also violated Article 63 of the Constitution. However, this is not ordinary corruption. Corruption that potentially causes hundreds of millions in damages and threatens the country’s energy security is currently taking place in the state energy sector. Yet, the CPC is not investigating it; instead, it is helping to cover it up through its passivity.
2. The procedure is – or would be – a farce even if the alleged act fell under the CPC’s jurisdiction. This is because Robert Golob publicly admitted to the act when he stated on camera that he indeed instructed Minister Bobnar to purge the police of alleged political opponents, or Janša supporters. When the perpetrator admits the act, there is no longer a need for further proceedings, evidence gathering, etc., is there, CPC?
3. The procedure is – or would be – farcical even if the alleged act fell under the CPC’s jurisdiction, because the CPC Senate is appointed by the President of the Republic. After a conflict with the Prime Minister, former Interior Minister Bobnar and her closest associate found themselves in the President’s office. At the very least, this compromises the appearance of impartiality. Moreover, former Minister Bobnar actively participated in the (criminal) act of purging political opponents, up to the point where she and Prime Minister Golob disagreed on who in the police was or was not a Janša supporter. This kind of conflict typically arises in political purges, as the label is eventually applied to anyone the authority wishes to get rid of. Without clear criteria, disputes among the purgers are almost inevitable.
4. The procedure itself is farcical because the CPC delayed hearings for bizarre reasons to the point that the matter now coincides with the beginning of the pre-election period. We are witnessing a game of cat and mouse, where the network that established Golob is the cat, and he is the mouse. At their whim and timeline, with the support of mainstream media, the process will be brought to conclusions that suit their needs, whenever those needs arise – either to slightly extend the mandate of Golob’s Gibanje Svoboda in freefall or to facilitate its final disintegration and transfer of votes to a new face in early elections.

Such instrumentalization (politicisation?) of an institution (CPC) would not be possible without the effective collaboration of networked media (media predominantly controlled by the deep state). Robert Golob’s lawyer, who is also the lawyer for GEN-I (where the CPC does not see corruption), Stojan Zdolšek, calmly defended a blatant violation of Article 14 of the Constitution during an interview with journalist Uroš Slak. The journalist agreed with him, even adding that many people do not find purging Janša supporters problematic. Neither seems to realise that such an approach provides public moral legitimacy to purges of Kučan supporters, “Golobists,” “Titoists,” “Gibanje Svoboda members,” “leftists,” or any other group the current authorities might choose as a convenient excuse to violate one of the Constitution’s fundamental norms.