Outgoing Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob has claimed that the parliamentary elections held at the end of March are illegitimate due to what he described as direct interference by Israeli intelligence structures. His accusation comes at a politically sensitive moment, as a new government coalition led by Janez Janša’s Slovenian Democratic Party has officially been formed, with Janša’s cabinet expected to be voted on in the Slovenian parliament.
According to the reports, the elections were held on 22 March. Golob’s Freedom Movement won the relative majority of votes, but he failed to secure coalition partners that would allow him to form a stable parliamentary majority. This opened the way for Janša and his party to move toward forming a governing coalition.
The controversy gained an international dimension after Golob raised concerns about meetings between representatives of the private Israeli intelligence company Black Cube and Janša. Although Janša initially rejected the allegations, describing them as an attempt to distract the public from internal political problems, he later confirmed that he had held meetings with representatives of the company.
Ahead of the formation of Janša’s coalition, warnings again appeared in public about alleged para intelligence influence over the electoral process. Two complaints were submitted to the Constitutional Court, while the Secretariat of the National Security Council also held a session on the matter.
Golob wrote on X that the “Black Cube” affair shows Janša is prepared to betray his own country. In an interview, he said the situation had reached the point where someone seeking a mandate to form a government was, in his words, “literally dismantling the Slovenian police” in order to prevent evidence related to the affair from coming to light.
He argued that the Constitutional Court must deal with the case because, according to him, it concerns foreign interference in Slovenia’s elections with the aim of influencing the free will of citizens through false information. Golob also said that, because of his firm belief that the process is illegitimate, his party is prepared to step aside and allow power to be handed to a technical prime minister, so that new and fair elections can be organized in which citizens would know exactly what they are voting for.
