A Slovenian Sandwich Theft: Social experiment gone wrong; lawmaker lost his post

A Slovenian lawmaker has made history by becoming the first lawmaker who has been dismissed from his job for stealing a sandwich.

Darij Krajcic has claimed that he committed the harmless crime (in his words, the social experiment) to test the efficiency of the staffs working in the shop from where he stole the sandwich.

When he first explained his experiment to his colleagues in the parliament, they laughed at his story. Then, no one considered the act as a serious crime.

Later, to his surprise, his party itself came out strongly against his act, forcing him to consider the option of resignation.

In his resignation statement, he has asserted that the resignation has been made in line with the high ethical standard maintained by his party.

Meanwhile, many have come openly to support the lawmaker. The supporters have opined that the social experiment should be viewed through that prism.

Mr Krajcic has not yet responded publically about the comments made by his supporters to justify his, so called, social experiment.

The developments indicate that the popularity of the lawmaker has not suffered any serious injuries due to the sandwich theft row.

Most of his supports are of the view that he has been targeted purposefully by his political opponents to reduce his acceptability in the Slovenian electorate.

Vignesh. S. G
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