Before the elections, Prime Minister Golob firmly asserted that he would resign if the Commission for the Prevention of Corruption (KPK) found that he had violated the Integrity Act. The Commission for the Prevention of Corruption has now issued two new drafts. The main finding is that the Commission has identified a conflict of interest in the Karigador case. We have asked the Prime Minister’s office whether he will keep his word and resign. So far, he has mainly tried to relativise the actions of the state institution in question.
The Commission for the Prevention of Corruption has issued a draft finding in the Karigador case, accusing Prime Minister Robert Golob of a conflict of interest. According to the Commission, Golob should have recused himself from voting on the appointment of businessman Tomaž Subotič to the board of the Celje General Hospital and the Ljubljana Psychiatric Clinic, as he had previously stayed overnight at Subotič’s house in Karigador on several occasions.
Subotič’s appointment took place only a few days after the last overnight stay and the day after a meeting between Golob and Subotič. Golob’s lawyer, Stojan Zdolšek, confirmed that he had received the draft and announced that he and the Prime Minister would respond to it in the coming days. He pointed out that Golob had never denied his acquaintance with Subotič: “The Prime Minister said that they are friends; after all, Mr Subotič was also a guest at his wedding.
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However, the Prime Minister insists that he was not on vacation at Mr Subotič’s house,” said Zdolšek, who proposed the exclusion of all three members of the Commission for the Prevention of Corruption’s senate from the proceedings, as he believes that some of the evidence – particularly private text messages – was obtained illegally. He referred to Article 37 of the Constitution, which stipulates that the confidentiality of correspondence may only be breached by court order.
Meanwhile, former Prime Minister and opposition leader Janez Janša has responded to a video of Prime Minister Golob promising to step down if he were ever found guilty of violating the Integrity Act, writing: “Well, let’s see if it happens.”
The Commission has also adopted a draft finding in the Bobnar case
At the same time, the Commission also adopted a second draft finding in the Bobnar case, which relates to the Prime Minister’s alleged undue pressure on former Minister of the Interior, Tatjana Bobnar. Zdolšek has not yet received this draft. The proceedings before the Commission are continuing, but no final findings have yet been adopted.
Due to the same allegations, the case is also being examined by the Specialised State Prosecutor’s Office, which has already filed a request for a judicial investigation. Golob said in the National Assembly that he could not comment on something he had not yet seen, emphasising that the Karigador case was completely different from the Bobnar case.
Is the friendship between Golob and Subotič false?
Golob and Subotič are supposedly not really friends, which can apparently be confirmed by their career and personal companions. However, according to some, this only confirms the suspicion that the Prime Minister invited Subotič to his wedding so that he could later claim in the Commission’s proceedings that the wedding invitation was evidence of their friendship.
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