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Slovenia Times
6. February, 2021
Ljubljana – The opposition Social Democrats (SD), Marjan Šarec List (LMŠ), the Left and the Alenka Bratušek Party (SAB) have filed an ouster motion against Culture Minister Vasko Simoniti. Talking to the press on Friday, opposition MPs listed a number of arguments, among them ineffective Covid crisis measures in the culture sector.
The opposition holds him accountable for refusing to pay pre-agreed funds to film makers, and believes he failed to uphold the principle of separation of church and state.
The latter refers to the fact that the ministry started paying social contributions for religious workers, the same it does for freelancers in the culture sector. Later, religious workers, who unlike culture workers do not pay taxes in Slovenia, were allowed even more benefits, Violeta Tomić of the Left said.
Slovenia Times
4. February, 2021
Ljubljana – Four opposition parties have filed a motion to oust Education, Science and Sport Minister Simona Kustec over what they see as “unprofessional and harmful policies” in organising child care and education during the epidemic, which has led to the longest school and kindergarten closure in Europe. She was urged to resign before the vote.
The motion was filed by the Left, Marjan Šarec List (LMŠ), Social Democrats (SD) and Alenka Bratušek Party (SAB), which together have 38 votes. They need 46 votes in the 90-member National Assembly for the motion to succeed.
According to the head of the Left deputy group, Matej T. Vatovec, the main problem is the “inefficient, unprofessional, inconsistent and harmful policy in child care and education”.
Slovenia Times
Ljubljana – A new political movement called Povežimo Slovenijo (Unite Slovenia) has emerged. The initiative is wants to bring together a number of smaller, non-parliamentary parties, groups, local initiatives and individuals of various values and political stances to form a joint slate for the next general elections.
The movement’s programme and its cooperation strategy is based on Slovenia’s constitution and has been modelled on such projects abroad, most notably in Austria and Switzerland where big-tent pre-election coalitions are frequent.
The initiator and coordinator of the movement is vice president of the Greens Nada Pavšer, who believes that the emerging list could get at least 20% in the next election.
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