Györkös Žnidar: The government has approved 50 new employments in the police

The government gives negotiating team mandate for talks

After ten days on strike, police officers will now have somebody from the government to negotiate with. Foto: BoBo

After ten days on strike, police officers will now have somebody from the government to negotiate with. The Minister of the Interior, Vesna Györkös Žnidar, sees no reason for the strike to intensify.

Following a government session the minister gave a statement that the government has approved an additional 50 new employments in the police, which means a total of more than 300 additional employments, which should ease the burden regarding staffing issues within the police. As TV Slovenija journalist Tjaša Potisk reports, the minister is convinced that there is no need to intensify the strike as the government has "done everything to enable the effective continuation of the negotiations".

Koprivnikar: The unions are overreacting
After the government session the Minister of Public Administration, Boris Koprivnikar, said the position the police was in was "not as catastrophic as the unions portray it to be". He added that a great part of the police demands has already been implemented or is in the process of being implemented by the government. He therefore expect the police strike to calm down.

L. L.; translated by K. J.