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Vinko Vasle wrote that the right should think ahead about the left's responses instead of just defending itself. He argued that the left used the experiences of the political police from Kučan's UDBA to the police that Klakočar allegedly introduced into parliamentary practice, and with political-mafia propaganda attacked something that, in his words, is usual in parliamentary democracies. He labeled the right as being too gentlemanly in its clashes with the left and believed that it should respond to attacks with equal force. #politika #desnica #levica (translated)

The SDS thanked the voters who, in its opinion, understand that their vote is the strongest democratic tool. It stated that the campaign once again demonstrated the influence of propaganda on public opinion. According to its words, some represented the parliamentary investigation of political officials as political police, while the political police in the past resorted to imprisoning, persecuting, and killing people. SDS added that Slovenia has a lot of work ahead for greater resistance to propaganda in order to reach the level of developed democracies. #demokracija #volitve #propaganda (translated)

Jože Možina wrote that RTV somewhat covered up the interview with historian Dr. Željko Oset that evening, in his opinion. He labeled Oset as an excellent historian who, in his words, placed Asta Vrečko and the political police in the right context. He also referenced Oset's books *The Academic World Under Surveillance* and *The Udbas Handbook* and invited readers to watch the interview. #intervju #zgodovina #politika (translated)

Democracy has recorded that Tadej Ostrc denied proposing what the media reported and emphasized that it is not his policy. He assessed that it was politically demagogic and unfair to accuse the public of a proposal he did not make two days before the referendum. He added that, in his opinion, the document was published with the intention of discrediting him. #politika #referendum #javnost (translated)

Dr. Nina Kojima wrote that it was justified to express dissatisfaction and distrust towards the political direction of RTV Slovenia and to call for a fundamental reform of the public service. She expected the government to implement the reform differently than former Prime Minister Golob, who had announced a "cleaning of RTV Janšism." She added that she was the first on the list herself. Kojima accused former Minister of Culture Asta Vrečko of not protecting her, even though, according to her, RTV Slovenia fell under the jurisdiction of the ministry. She wrote that Vrečko, based on the information she had, was looking forward to the list of those who were laid off. She claimed that they were politically removed, sidelined, and harmed, also describing the insulting attitude towards them. She emphasized that the abolition of the RTV fee would not in itself mean the reform for which, in her view, strategy, effort, and determination were needed. According to her, Slovenia needs a national media that serves the public, reports according to fundamental journalistic principles, and prioritizes facts over comments from ideological speakers. Kojima also wrote that she had lived and grown up with RTV for at least four decades and that the employees were mostly creative, hardworking, and decent intellectuals. Before the referendum, she urged people to consider the consequences of past layoffs for individuals, children, and families. She expressed a wish that she and her family would be among the few affected, and that her former colleagues and their families would not have to endure similar experiences. In conclusion, she called for a public service and government that would act virtuous and not vindictively. #Slovenija #RTV #javniservis (translated)

The referendum question on the amendment to the law on parliamentary investigations is causing great controversy, with the opposition claiming that it introduces a political police, while the government argues that it will only improve the efficiency of investigations into controversial business dealings in the energy sector. #parlamentarnapreiskava #političnapolicija #človekovepravice (translated)

There is no organ that would search through SMS messages, because even if they wanted to, they do not have the technical means. Janša, in an interview for Planet TV, denied the allegations that the amendment to the law on parliamentary investigations introduces a political police force. #JanezJanša #referendum #politika (translated)

Prime Minister Janez Janša emphasized the importance of referendum questions regarding the amendment to the law on parliamentary investigations in an interview and accused opponents of distracting attention from the real issues in Slovenia by scaring people with the political police. #JanezJanša #referendum #politika (translated)

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has managed to pass new electoral legislation that includes a majority bonus for winning parties, which has sparked opposition and concerns about its impact on the political stability in the country. #GiorgiaMeloni #volilnaReforma #politika (translated)

Bojan Požar stated in an interview with Nova24TV that he joined the Institute for the Protection of Victims of the Parliamentary Inquiry 2022-26 as a co-founder because he wanted to more effectively highlight alleged abuses. He mentioned Tamara Vonta, Vesna Vuković, and Tomaž Modic as responsible individuals and said that Robert Golob gave the green light for their actions. He rejected the accusation that the institute is politically or right-leaning. He cited their diversity as evidence that the founders come from different political backgrounds. Požar mentioned that he appeared before the commission as a witness, while the company he leads was being investigated. He claimed that more than 90 percent of the questions during the several-hour hearing did not pertain to the topic of the commission and that he was accused of having published too many articles about Golob as a journalist. According to him, the articles were printed and placed before Vonta. He alleged that Vonta, despite reviewing the bank accounts of him and his company, which the commission allegedly accessed illegally, requested his hearing. Požar described this as a planned attempt at personal, journalistic, and business discreditation. He also mentioned that the institute filed a complaint against Vonta and that he expects sanctions against her and the leadership of the parliamentary inquiry. #žurnalizem #politika #parlament (translated)

brutusReloaded wrote that it was an invasion of Palestinian armed forces into Israel and mentioned this as the reason for participating in the referendum. He accused an anonymous person from the public radio and television of portraying terrorists as innocent victims at the expense of citizens; he used an offensive term in doing so. #4XZA https://t.co/5SemkvlUlr #Izrael #Referendum #Politično (translated)

Libertarec noted that, according to him, the end of the exploitation of the state has begun, but that the path will still be long and will require lower public spending. He cited somewhat lower taxes, the abolition of the RTV, and the possibility of initiating investigations into political corruption outside the institutions, which he labeled as kidnapped, as the first steps. #parazitizem #javnaporaba #politikacorupcija (translated)

Bojan Požar wrote that the amounts that Primož Cirman and his associates were supposed to receive were exceptional, considering the knowledge of the Slovenian media business. He claimed that Odlazek's media, according to publicly available data, has almost no income from the sale of printed copies or online content, but are supposed to be financed directly or indirectly by politics with taxpayers' money. In this case, he cited Golob's business-political network as a source of financing and added that it is therefore not surprising that Cirman publishes such content. #SlovenskiMediji #Politika #Biznis (translated)

The author asked whether the "China shock 1.0" actually occurred and noted that the narrative, according to which China flooded the American market with cheap products, destroying millions of industrial jobs and leaving behind devastated communities, poverty, and political radicalization, is shaky. #Kitajska #industrija #ekonomija #CN #US (translated)

Bojan Požar wrote that presenting the change in the law on investigative commissions as the introduction of a political police force is a propaganda move that he described as a masterpiece, comparable to the work of Joseph Goebbels, whom he referred to as the Einstein of propagandists. He added that equating parliamentary investigative commissions with political police is insulting to the hundreds of thousands of people who, he claimed, were judicially or extrajudicially murdered, imprisoned, intimidated, exiled from their homeland, and mistreated at home and, as far as possible, abroad by the Yugoslav UDBA, and before it, OZNA, as well as VOS in Slovenia. According to him, the massacred were also mass erased from memory. #politika #zgodovina #propaganda (translated)