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As the new representatives of the people were arriving at the maiden session of parliament, the news broke that the prison sentence against ex-Maribor Mayor Franc Kangler was quashed by a higher court, the daily says in "Parade".

Only a little bit later President Borut Pahor, with a smile on his face, shook hands with the convicted former PM Janez Janša, who transformed the first meeting of parliament into a procession for his truth.

Yesterday's first session also featured outgoing PM Alenka Bratušek and outgoing FM Karl Erjavec, who only a day earlier proposed themselves as candidates for Slovenia's European commissioner.

This is a picture of a country in which anything goes, where the arrogance of rulers, alienation, selfishness and permanent lowering of the criteria of democratic hygiene and political culture has created a caricature of a state, a self-service for predators and egomaniac politicians who shamelessly trample on the interests of the country and the common good.

We are living in a country where a prime minister in only one year elevates herself to such a level that she dares to nominate herself for a senior post in Brussels, while the president is not able to distance himself from those who claim that Slovenia is a land of show trials, concludes the commentary.