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Who’s Who In Janša 4.0 (Part One)

The fourth government of Janez Janša is nary a month old and already they’ve earned themselves three referendum bids, an ongoing criminal investigation (from the before times) and a brazenly corrupt MP, even though he technically is not on the team.

Who's who of the fourth government. of Janez Janša. In Part One we meet Jernej Vrtovec, Anže Logar, Andrej Šircelj, Tone Kajzer and Janša the man himself.
Team Janša 4.0 (source)

But before we deal with all of that – or at least parallel to that – pengovsky feels it is important to get to know the people pretending to call the shots in version 4.0 of the Janša administration. Because obviously nothing will be done without the micromanager-in-chief’s say-so.

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The First Government of Robert Golob

Robert Golob finally put the ministers into his prime-ministership. The parliament voted on his cabinet yesterday and – to nobody’s surprise – approved the whole lot. Only it didn’t. Because this is not the cabinet Robert Golob wanted. Rather, it is the cabinet he can have at this moment.

Robert Golob and his (first) government, pictured immediately after the swearing-in ceremony.
The initial setup of Golob government (source)

This is a direct result of SDS moving to call a consultative referendum on the new Government Act. It stopped Golob’s redesign of the executive dead in its tracks and forced him to adhere to the existing layout. But the Big Bird will eventually get his way and a cabinet he really wants. So in a way, yesterday we saw the swearing-in of Robert Golob’s first government.

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