PM Denies Allegations, Says APCs Should Not Be Campaign Topic

Ljubljana, 9 September - Prime Minister Janez Jansa denied on Tuesday allegations that he received bribes in a defence deal with Finnish contractor Patria and suggested that the allegations were timed to coincide with the election campaign in Slovenia.

Ljubljana
Interior Minister Dragutin Mate addresses an extraordinary session of parliament dedicated to corruption allegations in a defence deal with Finnish company Patria.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Prime Minister Janez Jansa at an emergency session to debate allegations of corruption in the EUR 278m defence contract for 8-wheeled armoured personnel carriers from Finnish defence company Patria.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana, DZ.
Izredna seja DZ, na kateri so obravnavali predlog sklepov v zvezi z obravnavo odločitve za opremljanje Slovenske vojske s pehotnimi bojnimi vozili 8x8, obravnavo izvedbe mednarodnega javnega razpisa ter obravnavo očitkov o domnevnih sumih korupcije pri tej izvedbi.
Premier Janez Janša.
Foto: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Prime Minister Janez Jansa at an emergency session to debate allegations of corruption in the EUR 278m defence contract for 8-wheeled armoured personnel carriers from Finnish defence company Patria.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Prime Minister Janez Jansa at an emergency session to debate allegations of corruption in the EUR 278m defence contract for 8-wheeled armoured personnel carriers from Finnish defence company Patria.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Prime Minister Janez Jansa at an emergency session to debate allegations of corruption in the EUR 278m defence contract for 8-wheeled armoured personnel carriers from Finnish defence company Patria.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Prime Minister Janez Jansa at an emergency session to debate allegations of corruption in the EUR 278m defence contract for 8-wheeled armoured personnel carriers from Finnish defence company Patria.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

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