2012–2013 Slovenian protests
2012–2013 Slovenian protests | |
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Date | 2 November 2012[1] – 4 February 2013 [2] |
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Injuries | 65 |
Arrested | 150 See: casualties section below. |
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).[3][4][5][6][32]
Protests began on 2 November 2012 as the 2012–2013 Maribor protests against the city's mayor Franc Kangler[1] 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.[8][33][34][35][36]
Background
Government under the right-wing leader
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".[40] 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).[41][42][43]
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.[44]
Timeline
Date | Venue | Number of demonstrators1 | Arrests | Protesters | Police |
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Injured2 | |||||
27 November 2012 | Ljubljana | 1,000[45] | n/a | 1[45] | n/a |
28 November 2012 | Jesenice
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60[46] | n/a | n/a | n/a |
29 November 2012 | Kranj | 1,000[47] | 2[47] | n/a | n/a |
30 November 2012 | |||||
Ajdovščina | 200[33] | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
Koper | 250[33] | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
Ljubljana | 10,000[48] | 30[48] | 11[48] | 15[48] | |
Nova Gorica | 400[33]–1,500[49] | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
Novo mesto
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300[33] | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
Trbovlje | 300[33] | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
Velenje | 350[33] | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
2 December 2012 | Krško | 200[50] | n/a | n/a | n/a |
3 December 2012 | |||||
Celje | 2,500[34] | 15[35] | n/a | n/a | |
Ljubljana | 4,000[34] | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
Ptuj | 600[34] | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
Ravne na Koroškem | 500[34] | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
Trbovlje | 400[35] | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
4 December 2012 | Jesenice
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400[51] | 11[51] | n/a | n/a |
6 December 2012 | |||||
Koper | 400[52] | 15 | n/a | n/a | |
Kranj | 500[52] | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
7 December 2012 | |||||
Ajdovščina | 200[53] | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
Bohinjska Bistrica | 30[53] | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
Ljubljana | 1,000–2,000[53] | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
Murska Sobota | 2,000–2,500[36] | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
8 December 2012 | Nova Gorica | 300[49] | n/a | n/a | n/a |
9 December 2012 | Brežice | 100–200[54] | n/a | n/a | n/a |
11 January 2013 | Ljubljana | 8000+[55] | 2[55] | n/a | n/a |
8 February 2013 | Ljubljana | 20,000+[56] | 5[56] | n/a | n/a |
9 March 2013 | Ljubljana | 5,000+[57] | 4[57] | n/a | n/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.
See also
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