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August 25th, 2013, 10:54 AM
Commenting on the attendance of opposition leader Janez Janša at the upcoming celebration of the 70th anniversary of the pro-Nazi Domobranci movement in Slovenia, SocDem president Igor Lukšič told the press on Friday that the Slovenian right has made a transition from anti-communism to pro-fascism.
Lukšič responded to Janša's announced attendance at Sunday's ceremony in the village of Rovte as he spoke to the press to mark the Europe-wide Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Totalitarian Regimes on 23 August.
The head of the coalition Social Democrats (SD) summarised Slovenia's experience with such regimes, saying that Slovenia is a country which always knew how to deal with totalitarianisms.
The SD has a problem however with the abuse of various remembrance days for political purposes, Lukšič said, noting that the National Assembly was acquainted in 2009 with the European Parliament's resolution on European conscience and totalitarianism.
The Janez Janša government adopted a decision in 2012 at a correspondence session that 23 August be marked as a day of remembrance for the victims of totalitarian regimes, added Lukšič.
According to him, this day is now used in Slovenia as some sort of a right wing holiday, when the values of anti-communism are not the only thing that is celebrated. "The problem with the Slovenian right is that it went over the edge of anti-communism to pro-fascism," Lukšič said.
He added that celebrating the controversial Slovenian anti-communist and pro-Nazi Domobranci (Home Guard) movement is a "step over the line and should draw protest from the entire democratic public in Slovenia as well as Europe".
Lukšič noted that it was the first time that a strong parliamentary party is participating in a remembrance ceremony for the Domobranci movement.
The SDS said in a response on Twitter that it is not reviving the memory of Domobranci, adding that it is "remembering the victims which fell also because of the collaboration between the red star and swastika."
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Lukšič responded to Janša's announced attendance at Sunday's ceremony in the village of Rovte as he spoke to the press to mark the Europe-wide Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Totalitarian Regimes on 23 August.
The head of the coalition Social Democrats (SD) summarised Slovenia's experience with such regimes, saying that Slovenia is a country which always knew how to deal with totalitarianisms.
The SD has a problem however with the abuse of various remembrance days for political purposes, Lukšič said, noting that the National Assembly was acquainted in 2009 with the European Parliament's resolution on European conscience and totalitarianism.
The Janez Janša government adopted a decision in 2012 at a correspondence session that 23 August be marked as a day of remembrance for the victims of totalitarian regimes, added Lukšič.
According to him, this day is now used in Slovenia as some sort of a right wing holiday, when the values of anti-communism are not the only thing that is celebrated. "The problem with the Slovenian right is that it went over the edge of anti-communism to pro-fascism," Lukšič said.
He added that celebrating the controversial Slovenian anti-communist and pro-Nazi Domobranci (Home Guard) movement is a "step over the line and should draw protest from the entire democratic public in Slovenia as well as Europe".
Lukšič noted that it was the first time that a strong parliamentary party is participating in a remembrance ceremony for the Domobranci movement.
The SDS said in a response on Twitter that it is not reviving the memory of Domobranci, adding that it is "remembering the victims which fell also because of the collaboration between the red star and swastika."
Source (http://goo.gl/bjyAdL).
Full story. (http://goo.gl/bjyAdL)
Related (http://goo.gl/P9Ki8m).