Analysis of court proceedings in the Patria case

Vsaka država raste in se razvija v zelo dinamičnem okolju, zato je za razvoj katerekoli države pomembno, da ima trden ter suveren sodni sistem. Slednji je temelj vseh demokratičnih držav in ob pravilnem delovanju ter organiziranosti veliko pripomore h konstantnemu in postopnemu premikanju proti zastavljenemu cilju, ki je sodobno urejena demokratična država. Sodni sistem pa je velikokrat na težki preizkušnji, ko ima opravka s takimi ali podobnimi primeri, kot je afera Patria. Slednja je zelo kompleksen primer, saj temelji na kaznivem dejanju, ki je zelo težko dokazljivo. Nakazuje namreč na protizakonita dejanja korupcije v sklepanju državnih poslov, natančneje nakupa vojaških vozil za potrebe Slovenske vojske v vrednosti 278 milijonov evrov. Primarni cilj diplomskega dela je bil analiziranje sodnih postopkov, ki so zajemali vse stopnje sodišč v Republiki Sloveniji. Z deskriptivno in analitično metodo raziskovanja smo preučili zbrane podatke in v celoti potrdili hipotezo , da sta bila med sodnimi postopki v obravnavni aferi kršena načelo zakonitosti v kazenskem pravu in pravica do poštenega sojenja. Analiza nam je prav tako omogočila, da smo eno od hipotez v celoti ovrgli. Ustavno sodišče je namreč ugotovilo kršitev 28. člena ustave, kar je pomenilo, da je sodišče sodni postopek v obravnavni aferi ustavilo tudi zaradi vsebinskih razlogov in ne izključno zaradi procesnih kršitev. Dveh hipotez pa v celoti nismo ne ovrgli, ne sprejeli, saj iz zbranih podatkov ni bilo mogoče brez dvoma trditi, da je primer Patria zgolj politična afera ter da je bil sprožena na dovolj trdnih pravnih temeljih. Each country grows and develops in a very dynamic environmenttherefore, it is important for the development of any country to have a solid and sovereign judicial system. The latter is the foundation of all democratic countries and, with proper functioning and organization, it contributes greatly to the constant and gradual movement towards the set goal, which is a modern democratic country. The judicial system is often on a difficult test when dealing with cases, such as the Patria affair. The latter is a very complex case, since it is based on a crime that is very difficult to prove. Namely, it points to illegal acts of corruption while concluding deals between countries, or more specifically, the purchase of military vehicles for the needs of the Slovenian Armed Forces, worth 278 million euros. The primary aim of this diploma thesis was the analysis of court procedures that covered all levels of jurisdiction in the Republic of Slovenia. Using the descriptive and analytical method of research, we examined the collected data and fully confirmed the hypothesis, which states that the principle of legality in criminal law and the right to a fair trial were violated during the judicial proceedings of the discussed affair. The analysis also made it possible for us to completely refute one of the hypotheses. The Constitutional Court found a violation of Article 28 of the Constitution, which meant that the court stopped the court proceedings of the case for substantive reasons, and not exclusively for procedural violations. We did not refute the two hypotheses completely, nor accepted them, since it was not possible to assert from the collected data, without doubt, that the Patria case was merely a political affair, and that it was triggered by sufficiently firm legal foundations