On Friday, the Celje Court acquitted Janez Janša, Branko Kastelic and Klemen Gantar in the Trenta case. As this is a first instance court ruling, it is not yet final. A rally against the abuse of the judiciary was held in front of the court. Janez Janša and Branko Kastelic were facing a two-year prison …
Janša After His Acquittal In The Trenta Case: Today, Our Fight Is Only Beginning Read More »
On Friday, the leader of the opposition, Janez Janša, was acquitted at the first instance court in the Trenta case. The deep state assessed that his “crucifixion” on Good Friday would do more harm than good because it would mobilise voters. University Professor Turk likened the situation to a patient being tortured by doctors for …
The Trenta Process: The Systemic Absence Of Accountability Is Most Worrying Read More »
This week’s guest on the show “Who Is Lying to You” (“Kdo vam laže”) on Nova24TV was Brane Kastelic, the first defendant in the Trenta case. So far, he has not had much opportunity to explain his side of the story to the public, or his view on this notorious and much-talked-about topic. On Nova24TV, …
After the January hearing in the Trenta case, is it even worth continuing with the proceedings that seem quite empty in terms of content, where the only thing that is being determined now is whether the Eurogradnje company really carried out a “sham” deal between Janez Janša and the Imos company? At Monday’s hearing, we …
“The more judges there are, the less justice there is in this country. Thousands of people feel this, they see in concrete cases what is happening to others, and once, it will be enough,” said the leader of the Slovenian Democratic Party (Slovenska demokratska stranka – SDS), Janez Janša, before the start of Tuesday’s trial …
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“If I were to judge the case, I would seriously assess whether the defendants participated in the decision-making as part of the legal powers of forming judicial conclusions, or whether they simply abused their positions for the politically motivated consequence of the plaintiff’s imprisonment. The judge apparently did not address this issue, which Mr Matoz, …
After he was forcibly brought to the hearing, even though he did not have to be there and had a legally valid reason to be absent from the trial, the Celje court has now filed a further indictment against former Judge Zvjezdan Radonjić for the “offence of unlawful, biased and unfair trial.” Zvjezdan Radonjić has …
“The prosecution proposed it and the court ruled in accordance with it. This information, which came from the top of the judiciary, proved to be accurate,” former judge Zvjezdan Radonjić commented on the verdict, which he says is a result of a deal. The Trial Chamber of the Celje District Court sentenced the former judge …
Thursday’s main hearing in the Trenta case also did not provide any tangible new information that would confirm the possible controversial nature of the sale of the property in 2005 and its subsequent inclusion in Janša’s purchase of the three-bedroom apartment sometime later. The President of the Slovenian Democratic Party (Slovenska demokratska stranka – SDS), …
The Trenta Affair Construct Is Rapidly Collapsing In On Itself Read More »
Wednesday’s hearing of witnesses marks another chapter in the marathon Kafkaesque Trenta trial. While the hearing of witnesses did not bring any dramatic new developments, it became clear that the transaction in the Trenta case – the sale of the property to the company Eurogradnje, which then sold it to the company Imos – was …
Did the head of the legal service in the municipality of Velenje, Suzana Žinić – a long-time colleague and a favourite of the current Minister of Justice, Andreja Katič, who appeared as a juror in the trial against Janez Janša in the Trenta affair – join the senate by chance or at the direction of …
The Judge For The Trenta Affair Panel Was Not Chosen Randomly Read More »
IMOS, the company that bought the land in Trenta from Janez Janša, signed contracts with the state amounting to a total of 62 million euros between the years 2000 and 2004, which is six times more than what they earned during the term of Janez Janša’s government. In his claims, the prosecutor, Boštjan Valenčič, therefore …
