Tuerk leads in Slovenia presidential run-off
Danilo Tuerk leads his conservative rival Lojze Peterle into Sunday's run-off vote, opinion surveys showed.
Friday, 09.11.2007.
10:22
Danilo Tuerk leads his conservative rival Lojze Peterle into Sunday's run-off vote, opinion surveys showed. Former premier Peterle, 59, had been tipped to sweep the election ahead of the October 21 first-round vote, but went through into the run-off with a much smaller margin than expected. Tuerk leads in Slovenia presidential run-off Peterle collected 28.7 per cent of the votes, 4 per cent more than Tuerk, 55, who again very tightly defeated another candidate of the left, the former central bank chief Mitja Gaspari. Now with most of Gaspari's voters backing Tuerk, initially an underdog and a former UN diplomat and law professor, leads Peterle with 69 to 31 per cent, according to a survey conducted by the national television TVS. Other media, such as dailies Delo and Dnevnik, also reported a major turnaround trend since before the first-round vote. Political analysts estimate that Peterle paid the bill that was run up by his ally, conservative Prime Minister Janez Jansa. Jansa's popularity has dipped to a record low since as prices soared by 5.1 per cent since the start of 2007 when Slovenia introduced the euro as its currency. Peterle also fired his campaign chief a week ahead of the run-off, after realizing that his attempt to radiate an image of a "softer" conservative backfired, alienating voters from the political right. He has since tried to stir the otherwise lacklustre campaign by accusing his rival of scepticism toward Slovenia's independence when the former Yugoslav republic fought for it 17 years ago. Experts, however, doubt that the late shot at Slovenian voters' patriotic emotion would pay enough dividend for another yet turnaround on the election day. If he fails, Slovenia would elect the third leftist head of state since becoming independent in 1991. The office, which carries mostly ceremonial authority, was previously occupied twice by Milan Kucan and, since 2002, by the now gravelly ill Janez Drnovsek. The small Alpine-Adriatic country, half the size of Denmark, joined EU and NATO in 2004, becoming the first - and so far only - former Yugoslav republic to achieve the feat. The 1.6 million registered voters would be able to cast their ballots Sunday between 7 am and 7 pm.
Tuerk leads in Slovenia presidential run-off
Peterle collected 28.7 per cent of the votes, 4 per cent more than Tuerk, 55, who again very tightly defeated another candidate of the left, the former central bank chief Mitja Gaspari.Now with most of Gaspari's voters backing Tuerk, initially an underdog and a former UN diplomat and law professor, leads Peterle with 69 to 31 per cent, according to a survey conducted by the national television TVS.
Other media, such as dailies Delo and Dnevnik, also reported a major turnaround trend since before the first-round vote.
Political analysts estimate that Peterle paid the bill that was run up by his ally, conservative Prime Minister Janez Jansa.
Jansa's popularity has dipped to a record low since as prices soared by 5.1 per cent since the start of 2007 when Slovenia introduced the euro as its currency.
Peterle also fired his campaign chief a week ahead of the run-off, after realizing that his attempt to radiate an image of a "softer" conservative backfired, alienating voters from the political right.
He has since tried to stir the otherwise lacklustre campaign by accusing his rival of scepticism toward Slovenia's independence when the former Yugoslav republic fought for it 17 years ago.
Experts, however, doubt that the late shot at Slovenian voters' patriotic emotion would pay enough dividend for another yet turnaround on the election day. If he fails, Slovenia would elect the third leftist head of state since becoming independent in 1991.
The office, which carries mostly ceremonial authority, was previously occupied twice by Milan Kucan and, since 2002, by the now gravelly ill Janez Drnovsek.
The small Alpine-Adriatic country, half the size of Denmark, joined EU and NATO in 2004, becoming the first - and so far only - former Yugoslav republic to achieve the feat.
The 1.6 million registered voters would be able to cast their ballots Sunday between 7 am and 7 pm.
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