Today we took all the money we could find and tried to get our lawyer to transfer it to the victor in a court case he very thoroughly lost for us. No go. We had to do it ourselves, leaving us in doubt of the viability of making a part-payment in the first place, but we wanted to show good faith despite having none of our complaints heard or even listened to. How would we know? We don't talk Slovene well enough to translate the proceedings of a court of law, and neither do our slovenian friends, and there is no obligation to assist with non native speakers. So we are totally in the dark dealing with a near-criminal element of import/customs agents, who regard foreigners, we're sure, as solely a source of income, devoid of rights or a voice in their affairs of new life in this tiny, diminishing population.
The country is really beautiful, but how do you stay chirpy when every person regards you as devoid of rights? Our lawyer's receptionist concurred with this view, and I challenged her.. 'Why didn't you tell us this 30 months ago when we had a chance of escaping?' Now we are bereft of solutions. The court system does not recognize us as anything greater than an alien; our appeal was a non event, a cross between Catch 22 and Kafka, and now we're trying to catch the attention of the EU authorities against corruption, racism, discrimination and inequality, while their reports are carefully fended off by Slovenian government.
Our consultation with public sector lawyers got 'pay up!' responses only.
I've lived all over this world since 1955, and this rates with Laos and Vietnam for friendliness. Where to from here? Who knows? All I'd like is to know I've been heard. Some chance.
Nuff said.
JR
Monday, January 11, 2010
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