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2012–2013 Slovenian protests

Anti-government protests in Slovenia

2012–2013 Slovenian protests

Anti-government protests in Slovenia

FieldValue
title2012–2013 Slovenian protests
image[[File:2012 Maribor protests 0312.jpg375px]]
captionProtesters in front of Maribor's Municipal building on 3 December 2012
date–
placeSlovenia
causes*Political corruption
*Favouritism, Nepotism and Clientelism<ref name"korupcija_delo"/
goals*Resignation of mayor Franc Kangler and end of corruption and clientelism in the City Municipality of Maribor
*Abolition of the immunity from prosecution for members of the National Assembly and the National Council<ref name"rtvslo_2611"
*Spread of the protests throughout Slovenia; resignations and prosecutions of politicians and other members of elite, accused of corruption<ref name"24ur_2611"/
methods*Civil resistance
*Demonstrations<ref name"vecer_2611"/
*Online activism<ref name"zurnal24_2611"/
*Police brutality<ref name"rtvslo_2611"/
*Riots<ref name"vecer_2611"/
*Vandalism<ref name"radars"
result*Franc Kangler's membership in the Slovenian People's Party revoked
*Demands for resignation of mayors in Trebnje and Novo mesto<ref name"trebnje_novomesto"
*Kangler announces he will not run for a third mayoral term<ref name"delo_kandidatura"
*The Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia exits the ruling coalition in the city council<ref name"desus0412"
*Srečko Zorko, the ranking Slovenian People's Party city councillor resigns his position<ref name"desus0412"/
*Kangler announces his resignation as Mayor of Maribor<ref name"rtvslo_odstop0512"
*Kanglers' mandate to become a member of the National Council is rejected by a vote of 19 to 18<ref name"council_vote1312"
injuries65
arrests150
*See: [casualties](2012-maribor-protests-casualties-and-arrests) section below.*
  • Favouritism, Nepotism and Clientelism
  • Resignation of the government
  • Abolition of the immunity from prosecution for members of the National Assembly and the National Council
  • Spread of the protests throughout Slovenia; resignations and prosecutions of politicians and other members of elite, accused of corruption
  • Demonstrations
  • Online activism
  • Police brutality
  • Riots
  • Vandalism
  • Demands for resignation of mayors in Trebnje and Novo mesto
  • Kangler announces he will not run for a third mayoral term
  • The Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia exits the ruling coalition in the city council
  • Srečko Zorko, the ranking Slovenian People's Party city councillor resigns his position
  • Kangler announces his resignation as Mayor of Maribor
  • Kanglers' mandate to become a member of the National Council is rejected by a vote of 19 to 18 See: casualties section below.
Anticapitalist banners at fifth ''All-Slovene Uprising'' in April 2013

The 2012–2013 Slovenian protests were a series of anti-establishment and anti-government protests. Protesters expressed disapproval with the country's ruling political elite, including Maribor mayor Franc Kangler, prime minister Janez Janša, and parliamentary opposition leader Zoran Janković (all of whom stood accused of corruption by Commission for the Prevention of Corruption).

Protests began on 2 November 2012 as the 2012–2013 Maribor protests against the city's mayor Franc Kangler and subsequently spread to other cities across the country, with protesters demanding resignations and prosecution of politicians and other members of the elite, accused of corruption.

Background

Government under the right-wing leader Janez Janša responded to the weakening of Slovenian economy during the global economic crisis and European sovereign-debt crisis with opening up old ideological fronts against liberal media, and against public sector - especially educational and cultural sectors, accusing them of being under influence of members of old regime (called Udbomafia and "Uncles from Behind the Scenes" (In Slovene: "strici iz ozadja")) and against everyone who doubted that austerity measures forced upon Slovenia are right ones.

In relation to the allegations made by official Commission for the Prevention of Corruption, Janša's party sent letters to the right-wing European Parliament members, discrediting the Commission's report as part of "the communist campaign that begun in 1983 with the aim to remove Janša from politics". Since Janša was ignoring the report and his party didn't offer any replacement for him, all three coalition parties and their leaders left the government within weeks and were subjected to ad hominem attacks by Janez Janša who accused the SLS's leader Radovan Žerjav of being "the worst (economics) minister in history of Slovenia", while the leader of the Civic List Gregor Virant has been mocked by Janša as engaging in "virantovanje" (a play on words with kurentovanje, a Slovenian carnival festival).

Reception

Reception by public intellectuals

The cause for demonstrations has been attributed by some public intellectuals to misunderstanding of post-socialist political elite who rejected "collectivism as socialist pattern" while, according to notable Slovene anthropologist Vesna V. Godina it is in fact a "pre-socialist pattern", originating from the way the traditional Slovene rural community was functioning much longer than in other – mainly Protestant and to much lesser degree in the mainly Catholic – modern nations, who have replaced traditional political culture earlier in history by the modern representative democracy and individualism.

Timeline

The third All-Slovene Uprising were the largest Slovenian anti-government rally until that point
DateVenueNumber of demonstrators1ArrestsProtestersPoliceInjured2
27 November 2012Ljubljanatitle=Protestniki pred DZ-jem: Obrnite se proti parlamentu, barabe so tam!url=http://www.rtvslo.si/slovenija/protestniki-pred-dz-jem-obrnite-se-proti-parlamentu-barabe-so-tam/296775publisher=RTV Slovenijaauthor=A.Č.author2=Luka Lukičlanguage=sldate=27 November 2012access-date=26 November 2012}}n/a1n/a
28 November 2012Jesenicetitle=Na Jesenicah protestiralo okoli 60 ljudi: "Ejga, konc je!"url=http://www.rtvslo.si/slovenija/na-jesenicah-protestiralo-okoli-60-ljudi-ejga-konc-je/296868publisher=RTV Slovenijaauthor =A.Č.language=sldate=28 November 2012access-date=28 November 2012}}n/an/an/a
29 November 2012Kranjtitle=Kranjski protesti minili mirno, razbiti dve šipi, dva človeka pridržanaurl=http://www.rtvslo.si/slovenija/kranjski-protesti-minili-mirno-razbiti-dve-sipi-dva-cloveka-pridrzana/296934publisher=RTV Slovenijaauthor =A.Č.language=sldate=29 November 2012access-date=29 November 2012}}2n/an/a
30 November 2012
Ajdovščina200n/an/an/a
Koper250n/an/an/a
Ljubljanatitle=Ranjenih 11 protestnikov in 15 policistov. 30 pridržanih.url=http://www.rtvslo.si/slovenija/foto-video-ranjenih-11-protestnikov-in-15-policistov-30-pridrzanih/296969publisher=RTV Slovenijaauthor=Al. Ma.author2=T. H.author3=S. B. L. B. V.language=sldate=30 November 2012access-date=1 December 2012}}301115
Nova Goricatitle=300 ljudi v Novi Gorici proti državni politikiurl=http://www.rtvslo.si/slovenija/foto-300-ljudi-v-novi-gorici-proti-drzavni-politiki/297584publisher=RTV Slovenijaauthor =B.V.language=sldate=8 December 2012access-date=8 December 2012}}n/an/an/a
Novo mesto300n/an/an/a
Trbovlje300n/an/an/a
Velenje350n/an/an/a
2 December 2012Krškotitle=Protestni shod na trgu Matije Gubca v Krškemurl=http://www.rtvslo.si/slovenija/protestni-shod-na-trgu-matije-gubca-v-krskem/297150publisher=RTV Slovenijaauthor1=A. S.author2=Goran Rovanlanguage=sldate=2 December 2012access-date=2 December 2012}}n/an/an/a
3 December 2012
Maribor20,000n/an/an/a
Celje2,50015n/an/a
Ljubljana4,000n/an/an/a
Ptuj600n/an/an/a
Ravne na Koroškem500n/an/an/a
Trbovlje400n/an/an/a
4 December 2012Jesenicetitle=Prekinjen protestni shod na Jesenicah. 11 pridržanih.url=http://www.rtvslo.si/slovenija/prekinjen-protestni-shod-na-jesenicah-11-pridrzanih/297310author =G.C.publisher=RTV Slovenijalanguage=sldate=4 December 2012access-date=5 December 2012}}11n/an/a
6 December 2012
Kopertitle=V Kopru v sodno palačo letela pirotehnična sredstvaurl=http://www.rtvslo.si/slovenija/foto-v-kopru-v-sodno-palaco-letela-pirotehnicna-sredstva/297422publisher=RTV Slovenijaauthor1=S. B. L.author2=A. S.language=sldate=6 December 2012access-date=7 December 2012}}15n/an/a
Kranj500n/an/an/a
7 December 2012
Ajdovščinatitle=1.000 ljubljanskih protestnikov s pesmijo in plesom "proti diktaturi kapitala"url=http://www.rtvslo.si/slovenija/foto-1-000-ljubljanskih-protestnikov-s-pesmijo-in-plesom-proti-diktaturi-kapitala/297541publisher=RTV Slovenijaauthor =Al. Ma.language=sldate=7 December 2012access-date=8 December 2012}}n/an/an/a
Bohinjska Bistrica30n/an/an/a
Ljubljana1,000–2,000n/an/an/a
Murska Sobota2,000–2,500n/an/an/a
8 December 2012Nova Gorica300n/an/an/a
9 December 2012Brežicetitle=V Brežicah proti politični eliti in korupcijiurl=http://www.rtvslo.si/slovenija/foto-v-brezicah-proti-politicni-eliti-in-korupciji/297676publisher=RTV Slovenijaauthor =B.R.language=sldate=9 December 2012access-date=10 December 2012}}n/an/an/a
11 January 2013Ljubljanaurl=http://www.delo.si/novice/slovenija/2-vseslovenska-vstaja-v-zivo.htmltitle=2. vseslovenska vstaja (v živo)author1=Pi. K.author2=Ni. K.author3=An. B.date=11 January 2013work=Deloaccess-date=9 February 2013}}2n/an/a
8 February 2013Ljubljanaurl=http://www.rtvslo.si/slovenija/foto-najvecja-vseslovenska-vstaja-do-zdaj-protestiralo-20-000-ljudi/302017title=Največja vseslovenska vstaja do zdaj. Protestiralo 20.000 ljudi.date=9 February 2013work=RTV Sloveniaaccess-date=9 February 2013}}5n/an/a
9 March 2013Ljubljanaurl=http://www.rtvslo.si/slovenija/4-vseslovenska-vstaja-koncna-s-pozivom-oblast-ljudem/304060title=4. vseslovenska vstaja končna s pozivom: Oblast ljudem!date=9 March 2013work=RTV Sloveniaaccess-date=14 March 2013}}4n/an/a

;Notes

  • Note 1: The number of protesters is approximate, given by the media.
  • Note 2: The list includes only those who sought and received medical treatment.

References

References

  1. ""Četudi ubijejo očeta treh otrok, vstaje ne bo konec"".
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