LJUBLJANA, Feb 18 (Hina) - Slovenes expect a change of government at parliamentary elections this autumn, namely the Liberal Democrats (LDS), who were founded by incumbent head of state Janez Drnovsek and have led all coalition
governments since May 1992, to go into the opposition, according to a recent survey.
LJUBLJANA, Feb 18 (Hina) - Slovenes expect a change of government at
parliamentary elections this autumn, namely the Liberal Democrats
(LDS), who were founded by incumbent head of state Janez Drnovsek and
have led all coalition governments since May 1992, to go into the
opposition, according to a recent survey.#L#
Asked if they would like a change of government and the LDS to join
the opposition, 43 percent of those interviewed said yes, 32 percent
said no, while the rest were undecided, according to the survey
published by Mag weekly in its latest issue.
The incumbent government's policy is supported by 28.7 percent of
those interviewed, a drop from the 36 percent of only a month ago. If
elections were held now, 22.3 percent would vote for the strongest
government party, the LDS, while nearly 13 percent would give their
vote to the strongest opposition party, Janez Jansa's Democrats.
The most popular politician is parliament speaker Borut Pahor, while
President Drnovsek is fourth. Pahor's rating is much better than that
of his party, the United List of Social Democrats -- the reformed
communists -- which would win 4.6 percent of the vote if elections
were held now.
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