LJUBLJANA, Jan 9 (Hina) - This year's presidential election in Slovenia is the first serious race for the post since 1990, Janez Jansa said at a press conference on Wednesday. The president of the opposition's Social Democrats and
former defence minister, Jansa said his party and the New Slovenia, which is headed by former prime minister Andrej Bajuk, will most probably nominate a joint candidate for the presidential election. She is a former state prosecutor and justice minister, Barbara Breziger, who has already made public appearances as an independent candidate and claimed she will represent the civil society which wants more from the law-based state. Jansa also stressed the importance of this year's local election saying the stability Janez Drnovsek's government claimed to have achieved was rather ostensible than real. Jansa's criticisms of Drnovsek's policy range from the privatisation of banks an
LJUBLJANA, Jan 9 (Hina) - This year's presidential election in
Slovenia is the first serious race for the post since 1990, Janez
Jansa said at a press conference on Wednesday.
The president of the opposition's Social Democrats and former
defence minister, Jansa said his party and the New Slovenia, which
is headed by former prime minister Andrej Bajuk, will most probably
nominate a joint candidate for the presidential election. She is a
former state prosecutor and justice minister, Barbara Breziger,
who has already made public appearances as an independent candidate
and claimed she will represent the civil society which wants more
from the law-based state.
Jansa also stressed the importance of this year's local election
saying the stability Janez Drnovsek's government claimed to have
achieved was rather ostensible than real. Jansa's criticisms of
Drnovsek's policy range from the privatisation of banks and
industry to his reluctance to see Slovenia join NATO. The head of
the Opposition admitted that, nevertheless, major progress had
been made in relations with the European Union during Drnovsek's
mandate.
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