Responding to questions concerning corruption and the "mafia" running the country, Janša said that Rok Snežič was neither the Prime Minister’s nor the Government’s tax advisor, which had already been explained multiple times, and that the idea of having Swedish experts at the Bank Asset Management Company had never been opposed. He went on to say that the country’s main problem had to do with the fact that the state itself as well as a considerable amount of its systems and subsystems were controlled, without elections or legitimacy, by the "UDBA mafia" (UDBA was the Yugoslav secret service) or parallel mechanisms. In recent history, this began with the destruction of 90% of state archives, followed by the disarmament of the Slovenian territorial defence forces, the privatisation of a hundred thousand state-owned apartments for trifling sums, including houses in Murgle, and the privatisation of all major print media. "Twice those comrades bankrupted state-owned banks and no one was held accountable. An act was adopted in 1994 which says that judges who have violated human rights cannot be appointed to a permanent office. And yet, some years ago, 80% of those proven to have violated human rights, including by pronouncing death sentences and approving shootings and murders of civilians at the border, ended up at the Supreme Court." In response to a deputy’s oral question, the Prime Minister said that, between 2009 and 2010, the biggest state bank, with the state authorities’ approval, laundered 1.7 billion US dollars of Iranian money intended for terrorism support, nuclear weapons production and payment to the Iranian secret service. "To this day, not only have the competent institutions not sentenced anyone, no one has even been charged. During this time, appointments have been made all over the place: in the judiciary, the prosecution, the police, education, diplomacy, social care institutions, public companies, supervisory agencies, all according to the principle of negative HR selection. And, as a result, we now have many social subsystems that are controlled by parallel mechanisms or, as you say, the mafia and corruption."

Replying to a question on the payment of taxes, the Prime Minister responded that taxes have to be fair. "We devoted a lot of attention to finding the right mechanisms to pursue this principle during this term. For this reason, the Government's Strategic Council for Debureaucratisation has been and still led by the expert in the field of tax policy, Mr Simič, who later also became the director of the Financial Administration of the Republic of Slovenia." He pointed out that a number of unnecessary bureaucratic obstacles that made life difficult for taxpayers in Slovenia had been removed in the work carried out so far, and that some more extensive proposals were still pending, subject to the relevant legislation being voted into law. He also emphasised that this unbureaucratic approach also reaps concrete results. "In the first nine months of this year, almost as much tax revenue has been collected in our common budget as in the whole of last year, a billion less, which means that by the end of the year we will have significantly exceeded last year's tax revenue, and without raising taxes." The Prime Minister added that it is in our interest to have high economic growth, a lot of added value, high employment and productivity. "And if we produce more, then we can bring more funds into the common budget by lowering tax rates, so we’ll have more for our common needs. This is the goal we have pursued in all the governments I have led and it has always proved to be the right way to go, not only here, but everywhere else. But if there is no economic growth and you generate less, you can raise taxes indefinitely, as has happened in some former systems. In the end, even very high tax rates can garner only so much out of very little." The Prime Minister also added that he does not support the calls for tax evasion and recalled the recording of Minister Vizjak with Bojan Petan. "Of course, the taxes were not the main problem in this case. As far as I know, the businessman on the receiving end of these calls paid taxes; however, he burned a hundred, some even say a two-hundred million hole in Slovenia's finances, a deficit the rest of us taxpayers had to make up. I am talking about Mr Bojan Petan. This is the problem. Yet he is still a prominent businessman, there is no procedure, nothing has happened, you are all occupied by one statement of a minister, which of course was inappropriate, but it was made 14 years ago and it had no impact on tax collection in Slovenia."

Asked about the act proposed by Desus parliamentary group (the Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia) to finally remedy the consequences of the austerity measures suffered by pensioners as a result of the economic crisis that has long since passed, the Prime Minister said that the Government will do its utmost to ensure this act is adopted in time and that this injustice is corrected. However, the compensation must not lead to new disparities. "We support the aim of this act, but in a way that the compensation will be carried out and everyone will be on a level playing field, regardless of when they retired." On the funding, he added that these funds will have to come from the budget. "If the trends in the future remain as favourable as they are now, this should not be a problem. However, if they are not favourable, this will lead to problems in all other areas. This is the key to solving this problem, as we need the funds to bridge these gaps."

On additional measures to curb the spread of COVID‑19, Prime Minister said that the Government discusses various situations and proposals on a daily basis, taking into account input from the experts, and adopts measures accordingly. "Additional measures will undoubtedly be needed." How strict or how radical these measures are going to be depends on the effectiveness of the measures currently in place. The Prime Minister said that measures have been effective in some areas and that people's interest in getting vaccinated has risen sharply. "In the last 10 day the figures have been similar to those in September, when we introduced mandatory compliance with the recovered/vaccinated/tested rule and when the Government also decided to first introduce stricter measures by starting as it were 'at home' and introducing the recovered/vaccinated rule for the public administration." This measure is now being imposed by some neighbouring and Western European countries recording similar figures to those seen by Slovenia in September. However, in Slovenia the Constitutional Court suspended the measure. The court has not annulled the ordinance, but has not yet taken a decision. The Prime Minister has called upon the Constitutional Court to reach the decision, as this is the only way for the Government to know whether it may proceed in the same way as other countries that have been more successful in the fight against the epidemic.  The Prime Minister also recalled the Constitutional Court's decision on non‑mask wearing and sanctions. "If there is no sanction behind something that is mandatory, then it doesn't matter whether the measure is mandatory or just a recommendation." Those aware of the situation simply voluntarily comply. The Prime Minister also pointed to statistics showing that until the Constitutional Court's decision, the trend in Slovenia would have put it at the European Union's average today. The situation in Slovenia would have been much better, hospitals would have had fewer COVID‑19 patients and intensive care units would not have been bursting at the seams. The Prime Minister said that in most European countries, the opposition is not acting as a nuisance. "We have had some useful proposals from the opposition, including a joint call from the parliamentary groups for vaccination. However, when we counted the calls in favour of the measures and the calls against the measures, the ratio came out at 4:96, i.e. 4 % were in favour of the measures and 96 % were against them, for the sake of being a nuisance. This kind of approach makes it impossible to speak of unity in the fight against the virus, which, of course, is not only a threat to one political side, but is symmetrical, a threat to all of us. For this very reason we need a common reaction to it."

The Prime Minister also commented on the facilities and equipment, saying that the Slovenian health care system had significantly increased its capacities since the start of the epidemic. However, human resources have not been strengthened in the same way, as new doctor and nurses cannot be trained within a year. The Prime Minister recalled that Austria has already introduced drastic restrictions for unvaccinated people, pointing out that it is important to know as soon as possible, whether Slovenia can follow its lead. Lastly, the Prime Minister pointed out the role of national media, which can make a significant contribution to the fight against the epidemic.