The Patria Affair
Slovenia is a democratic, parliamentary republic with three branches of government: the legislative, judicial, and executive. All of those branches suffered productivity decrease in the period of current global crisis but the law system was badly structured from the whole beginning.
In 1991, after the favorable referendum on accession from Yugoslavia on June 25, 1991, Slovene assembly has enacted the Basic Constitutional Charter on the Sovereignty and Independence of the Republic of Slovenia which became the legal basis for its independence. The Constitution was adopted on December 23, 1991 and hereinafter the laws started to pass; until they were put into force, the old Yugoslav Republic and Federal laws and rules have been applicable. In this legislation activity the legislator followed the German model in a lot of the areas.
The legislation is still very vivid in Slovenia, it was especially necessary before joining European Union (with taking over aquis communitaire). Also the Constitution has been changed several times since it entered into force.
Slovenia has one very specific almost unique characteristic of judicial system, you have to wait and when you’ve waited for a while you have to wait a little longer and when you feel like you cannot wait no more you, well you still have to wait.
By the data of World’s Bank research “Doing business” it means that in Slovenia you have to wait in average 1.290 days for the settlement of the lawsuit between two companies.
A good example is also the lawsuit of three Slovenian politicians which was involved in international affaire Patria. Patria is an international affair between Slovenia, Austria and Finland, where businessmen of Finland’s company Patria has bribed some of Slovenian politicians to get involved in business of production of 135 armored vehicles evaluated 287 000 000 EUR for needs of Slovenian army.
The truth first came out on the national TV in Finland, where Magnus Berglund Finland’s journalist
In 1991, after the favorable referendum on accession from Yugoslavia on June 25, 1991, Slovene assembly has enacted the Basic Constitutional Charter on the Sovereignty and Independence of the Republic of Slovenia which became the legal basis for its independence. The Constitution was adopted on December 23, 1991 and hereinafter the laws started to pass; until they were put into force, the old Yugoslav Republic and Federal laws and rules have been applicable. In this legislation activity the legislator followed the German model in a lot of the areas.
The legislation is still very vivid in Slovenia, it was especially necessary before joining European Union (with taking over aquis communitaire). Also the Constitution has been changed several times since it entered into force.
Slovenia has one very specific almost unique characteristic of judicial system, you have to wait and when you’ve waited for a while you have to wait a little longer and when you feel like you cannot wait no more you, well you still have to wait.
By the data of World’s Bank research “Doing business” it means that in Slovenia you have to wait in average 1.290 days for the settlement of the lawsuit between two companies.
A good example is also the lawsuit of three Slovenian politicians which was involved in international affaire Patria. Patria is an international affair between Slovenia, Austria and Finland, where businessmen of Finland’s company Patria has bribed some of Slovenian politicians to get involved in business of production of 135 armored vehicles evaluated 287 000 000 EUR for needs of Slovenian army.
The truth first came out on the national TV in Finland, where Magnus Berglund Finland’s journalist