Finnish-Slovenian bribe scandal

Grave accusations were recently made against Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša on Finnish television. He was accused of accepting bribes in exchange for purchasing Finnish tanks for the Slovenian army. Darjan Košir, editor-in-chief of the daily Delo, writes that regardless of the outcome the affair will have an impact on the elections in September. "Slovenia's Prime Minister Janez Janša no longer has a choice: either he sues Finnish television for damages for making false accusations against him and the Slovenian state or he confesses to the 'deal of the century' and retires from politics before the voters take him out of circulation on September 21, because they will have trouble digesting the bribe accusations. ... If it becomes more or less clear in the next few days that Janez Janšas is guilty, he is dead politically. If nothing becomes clear he will either easily win the parliamentary elections in September (as a victim) or suffer a quashing defeat (for being considered guilty)."

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