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Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša: Public sector's strike affects people who cannot be blamed for anything

"The strike organised by the public sector has affected those people who cannot be blamed for anything," said Prime Minister Janša on the margins of the Government's visit to the Notranjska-kraška region when commenting on today's events. He advised the trade unions that in the future, they should provide solutions for the relevant problem in advance.

Elaborating on the public sector's strike, Slovenian Prime Minister said that although a constitutional right of every person, today's strike has nevertheless caused additional problems in many aspects. The first problem is that the budget for the current and the following year has already been adopted, a fact rendering its revision impossible. Correspondingly, any increase in salaries is also not possible. "If at the end of the year, things on the revenue and expenditure sides look the same as anticipated on paper and not worse we will be only too glad," pointed out Prime Minister Janša and added that by today's strike, the trade unions have caused great difficulties to parents forced to stay at home, and to their employers.

 

Commenting on the meeting with presidents of the coalition parties held on Tuesday in Vila Podrožnik, Janez Janša said: "I outlined for them the consequences of a lengthy instability due to the attempt to pull down this government. Despite ultimata articulated by certain persons, neither I, personally, nor the Slovenian Democratic Party has received any letter or proposal or an official document in this respect. Therefore we have nothing to respond to. We cannot react to newspaper articles. But I am nevertheless surprised by the circumstance that before proceeding with such radical statements and moves, the Civic List did not find it necessary to spare a minute and discuss the situation with me.  The reasons for today's developments partly also lie in internal conflicts within certain parties of the government coalition. Unfortunately, the hostage of these conflicts are long-term vital interests of this country."

 

Prime Minister Janša also announced that he would elaborate on the situation in the coalition at the press conference following the Thursday's Government session.