The opposition Democrats reacted strongly to Prime Minister Robert Golob's statement that he had given former interior minister "a single task, to rid the police force of Janšists".

The STA reports that the party's MEP Milan Zver asked the European Commission to defend the rule of law in Slovenia.

Golob made the statement after former minister Tatjana Bobnar testified in parliament on Monday that the PM had exerted staffing-related pressure before she resigned. According to STA, Golob said they had discussed this with Bobnar before she was appointed.

Commenting on the matter, was the first minister of justice in the independent country, Rajko Pirnat: ‘’Interfering with the work of the security intelligence service is a very serious accusation, if it is true, as well as, this relatively nonchalant pressure that illegal terminations of employment contracts, bridging contracts and so on are carried out in the police, of course this also has no legal basis and therefore it is illegal.’’