Considering the well planned concealment of data and truth on impoverishing Slovenia by the political-tycoon connection we want, and without any exceptions, people to understand the criminal complaint against unknown perpetrators as one of the most powerful weapon against scheming of the parties; especially it is important that it is understood by people who find themselves in great distress. If the present government took from each citizen of Slovenia four minimal wages just for salvation of intentionally emptied banks, than the amount of 30,000 Euros for each person filing a criminal complaint is only symbolic. We would like to invite people to sign in future as well, to inform them through media, and to directly collect the signatures at all kinds of gatherings. What should not be neglected is the fact that the citizens of Slovenia are acting in this process as wronged parties. Therefore they are parties in the procedure, and the criminal complaints can't be simply discarded, or locked into a drawer and forgotten. We believe that if the first two branches of authority failed completely, then it is the turn of the judicature to restore order in this state: "If it is incapable of doing it, it is all over with us.
The missing several billions caused by the bad loans in the three largest Slovenian banks (NLB, NKBM, Abanka), directly or indirectly state-owned, and the price for which will have to be paid by taxpayers, has provoked public outrage. As expected, the demands have turned up that the culprits for the calamity of Slovenian banks should be made public, and punitive actions taken against them.
But it seems it won't be so easy to find the culprits. The misuse within the Slovenian bank system and eventual influence of the politics is already being investigated by the parliamentary investigative team, which ambition was to obtain data on all the loans granted between 1992 and 2012 in the value exceeding a million Euros.
Their wish has been denied, at first by the bank, and next by the Higher Court. Considering that, the success of the parliamentary investigators remains questionable. The parliamentary investigators are presently interrogating, or already have, the deputy governors of the bank system, the president of the Commission for the Prevention of Corruption, management presidents, and presidents of the bank supervisory boards, but they got almost unanimous statements from all they have interrogated that their actions were professional, responsible and above all legal.
The list of the bad loans and their holders will stay hidden from public for some more time, it seems. In spite of expectations that at least the list of the debts transferred to the so-called bad bank by the largest banks NLB and NKBM would be made public, it hasn't happened.
The Bank Asset Management Company, BAMC (Družba za upravljanje terjatev bank - DUTB) explained that they have no legal standing for that. They, and the state, are looking for solutions which would change that.
Perhaps the members of parliament will have more success: with the amendments to the freedom of information act they filed they would like to gain public access to the information on loans transferred from the state-owned banks to BAMS.
Although both bank, and tax secrecy applies, an exception would be made in the case of transferred loans to the bad bank, due to the extensive public interest.
Citizen criminal complaints
While the members of parliament are still looking for culprits for the bank calamity, the investigation by prosecutors and the Police was instigated by the Criminal Complaint group (KO), which invited citizens towards massive filing of criminal charges to District courts all over Slovenia against unknown perpetrators for economic and bank criminal actions, and other criminal acts.
As explained by the representative of the KO group, Ana Jug, lawyer from Nova Gorica, according to their data based on the copies received and criminal complaints filed by themselves more than 200 criminal complaints have already been filed.
"Considering the situation in our state the citizens need instructions, and it should be explained to them that the criminal complaint is drafted in such a way that the signers are protected from eventual consequences, the first safety catch being that the complaint is filed against unknown perpetrators, which prevents filing of the counter-complaints in case the court fails. The second safety catch is the wording on expenses: in case any expenses occur, the complaint is considered withdrawn," KO explains.
They also claim that if the first two branches of authority completely fail, it is the turn of the judicature to restore order in this state: "If it is incapable of doing it, it is all over with us."
Prosecutors are studying the complaints
The District court of Murska Sobota confirmed to have received one criminal complaint and forwarded it to the Murska Sobota Police.
The other District courts forwarded the received complaints, if any, to the specialized public prosecutor's office. The Ljubljana District court claims that the complaint is being studied by the prosecutor, and that no decision has been reached yet.
Considering the well planned concealment of data and truth on impoverishing Slovenia by the political-tycoon connection we want, and without any exceptions, people to understand the criminal complaint against unknown perpetrators as one of the most powerful weapon against scheming of the parties; especially it is important that it is understood by people who find themselves in great distress. If the present government took from each citizen of Slovenia four minimal wages just for salvation of intentionally emptied banks, than the amount of 30,000 Euros for each person filing a criminal complaint is only symbolic. We would like to invite people to sign in future as well, to inform them through media, and to directly collect the signatures at all kinds of gatherings. What should not be neglected is the fact that the citizens of Slovenia are acting in this process as wronged parties. Therefore they are parties in the procedure, and the criminal complaints can't be simply discarded, or locked into a drawer and forgotten. We believe that if the first two branches of authority failed completely, then it is the turn of the judicature to restore order in this state: "If it is incapable of doing it, it is all over with us.
