The former Minister of Foreign Affairs collected nearly 34 % of the vote, but the victory is far from being acquired against his center-left rival which raised approximately 27 %. The second round will take place on Sunday, November 13.
Le Monde with AFP
The former Slovenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Anze Logar is given at the top of the first round of the presidential election, Sunday, October 23. According to the almost final results relating to 99.9 % of the bonded bulletins, the 46 -year -old conservative politician obtains almost 34 % of the vote, against a little less than 27 % for the lawyer Natasa Pirc Musar, 54. >
The voters of the small alpine country of 2 million inhabitants will return to the polls on November 13 to decide between them.
m. LOGAR is one of the main tenors of the SLOVENE Democratic Party (SDS) of ex-Prime Minister JANNE JANSA, fallen in the spring after a controversial mandate enamelled with numerous demonstrations. After this heavy defeat in the legislative elections, his election would give colors to the conservative camp.
If he made “a moderate campaign” according to his terms and presented himself as an independent candidate, he invited Mr. Jansa to his headquarters Sunday evening to celebrate this first place. Anxious to bring together voters of all stripes “to prepare together the future”, Anze Logar welcomed the success of this message “with citizens”.
The battle with her opponent, Natasa Pirc Musar, promises to be tight. It was certainly widely distant on Sunday but has significant voice reservations. Liberal Prime Minister Robert Golob, Jnez Janese’s fall in April, gave him his support after the defeat of his own candidate, the social democrat Milan Bruz (15.4 % of the votes).
“We know what is our duty: without a state of mind (…), we put ourselves behind the best candidate” who shares “values close to ours”, reacted Mr. Golob on public television.
above “parties of parties”
strong of this rallying, Natasa Pirc Musar, hopes to become the first woman to access the head of this country from the former Yugoslavia, member of the European Union since 2004. “I think the time has come For Slovenia, “she said by voting, saying to herself above” parties of parties “.
This former Slovenian data protection authority official has been talked about by representing the interests of the former American First Lady Melania Trump, from Slovenia. A target of attacks during the campaign due to the lucrative investment activities of her husband, the lawyer had been dubbed by Milan Kucan, the first to have held the post of Head of State in independent Slovenia in 1991.
The winner of the ballot will succeed Borut PAHOR, 58, who has chained two five -year terms. Nicknamed the president “Instagram”, this ex-mannequin and member of the social democratic party has more than 134,000 subscribers on the social network, where he often posts private images.