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Around 10,000 people gathered in the Slovenian town of Novo Mesto on October 28 for a protest rally held at the same time as an extraordinary session of the municipal council. The demonstration, which took place peacefully, reflected growing public anger following the recent fatal attack on a local man allegedly committed by a 21-year-old member of the Roma community, RTV SLO reported.
The protest, entitled “Enough is Enough”, coincided with addresses by Prime Minister Robert Golob, Labour Minister Luka Mesec, and outgoing Interior Minister Boštjan Poklukar. In his remarks, Golob admitted that the state’s security apparatus had failed and pledged broad measures in security, penal, and social policy reforms.
Protesters voiced frustration over what they described as decades of unfulfilled promises regarding Roma-related issues and called on the government to ensure safety through decisive legislative action. “We have been listening to promises for 30 years, but nothing has changed,” one demonstrator told the media.
The municipal session, convened by Mayor Gregor Macedoni, opened with a minute of silence for the victim, Aleš, who was fatally injured while trying to pick up his son from a local club. Macedoni warned that the security situation in southeastern Slovenia has deteriorated to a critical point, citing growing youth crime and social neglect.
“Fourteen-year-olds and even younger children are committing increasingly heinous crimes,” Macedoni said, urging state institutions to act decisively. He criticised the judiciary for lenient sentencing and questioned whether the constitutional guarantee of citizens’ safety was being upheld.
Macedoni insisted that residents were not intolerant of Roma as a community but of the system that had allowed insecurity to spiral out of control. “Novo Mesto will never be the same after Saturday,” he said, calling on the government and judiciary to take responsibility and restore public trust.
Local authorities plan to propose concrete steps to address security concerns and social issues in cooperation with national institutions.
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