(Extract from Total Slovenia News, 6 June 2020, Read the entire article here)
Despite the stormy weather, anti-government protesters on bicycles hit the streets of several Slovenian towns for the seventh consecutive Friday, the biggest crowd rallying in the capital Ljubljana.
Even before the protest, a dozen gathered in rain in the square in front of the parliament building in Ljubljana to draw slogans on the ground with chalks.
This has become a new form of protest after a group of protesters were subject to a misdemeanour procedure a week ago for drawing a slogan on the pavement and face fines.
In a public letter signed by more than 100 individuals, the Forum for Democracy condemned what they described as “growing police repression” targeting “citizens and their constitutional right to freedom of expression”.
Pred predsedniško in vladno palačo trenutno skandirajo … pic.twitter.com/tWF4HSDhn5
— Blaž Petkovič (@Soba404) June 5, 2020
Despite the police taking steps against individuals drawing slogans last week, the streets in the centre of Ljubljana were today covered in new chalk slogans such as Stop corruption, Nature is not yours, and calls for PM Janez Janša and his government to resign.