By: Domen Mezeg / Nova24tv
“On the right, things are much more transparent. In the event of a centre-right coalition, as we have it now, which has happened three times so far, under the leadership of Prime Minister Janez Janša, it is clear who is leading the government. The Prime Minister is the one who plays a major role in decision-making, while in the time of left-wing governments this is not the case. Few believe that Šarec or Bratušek made the decisions. It was more about some kind of ‘business commissioners’ who merely announced the decisions made by others,” said political analyst Matevž Tomšič, citing the reasons for the strength of the Janša and the instability of left-wing governments.
We talked with political analyst Matevž Tomšič about why Janša’s governments represent political strength, and the left governments represent political instability. We remind you that this is the second time Janša’s term has come to an end, while in the case of several left-wing governments we have witnessed preliminary elections (Borut Pahor, Alenka Bratušek, Miro Cerar, Marjan Šarec; Zoran Janković failed to form a government). Tomšič: “On the right, things are much more transparent. In the event of a centre-right coalition, as we have it now, which has happened three times so far, under the leadership of Prime Minister Janez Janša, it is clear who is leading the government. The Prime Minister is the one who plays a major role in decision-making, while this is not the case in left-wing governments.”
Few believe that Šarec or Bratušek made the decisions. According to Tomšič, they were more like “business commissioner” who merely announced the decisions made by others. In addition, it is obvious that Janša enjoyed a certain authority within each of the governments he has led so far. On the other hand, in the case of all the “new faces” mentioned, this was significantly too little. These were parties that were established in an “instant” way for the needs of one election and were without a party base, infrastructure, etc. And often the party that was the largest in government did not play a major role at all. As a result, such coalitions could not be solid. That is why they fell apart prematurely.
If we talk about the previous government: to be able to accept something in the National Assembly, they had to conclude an agreement with the Levica party, which had a lot of weight in this game, even though it was not officially part of the coalition. This is because the Levica, unlike the other parties in the left camp, has a clear agenda and a very clear profile, very clear goals. It knew how to articulate its goals more clearly than, for example, Marjan Šarec’s List. During Šarec’s rule, his coalition colleagues lamented that he was “squeezing them into a corner”. Meanwhile, Tomšič is convinced that the left-wing governments squeezed each other in the corner (holding their necks).
Even under Golob, relations would not be harmonious, there would be a program gap
And even if there was a coalition of Robert Golob’s party with the current “Kul Coalition”, relations would be anything but harmonious. We can see this now – that the only thing they agree on is that they would like to change Janša’s government. They will find it difficult to find consensus on anything else, and a potential Golob’s government would be no more stable than previous left-wing governments. The fact is that “instability” is already caused by the lack of a Freedom Movement programme. Part of the electorate is ready to elect anyone to replace the current Prime Minister, but when these people finally rule, the realisation emerges that they have no agenda, and as a result, support for such a government falls very quickly.