Former PM elected as Slovenia's new president

Borut Pahor has won in the runoff of Slovenia's presidential elections, receiving some 67 percent of the vote.

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Monday, 03.12.2012.

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LJUBLJANA Borut Pahor has won in the runoff of Slovenia's presidential elections, receiving some 67 percent of the vote. In his first statement after the unofficial results were announced, the former prime minister urged national unity, and described his victory as "something new, the beginning of something new, a new hope and new times". Former PM elected as Slovenia's new president Both he and the now former president, Danilo Turk, come from the political left wing in Slovenia, while these elections came amid the largest demonstrations that the country has seen in the two decades of its existence. Turk conceded defeat, but would not analyse the reasons for his poor showing. Unofficial results showed that only some 40 percent of the 1.7 million people eligible to vote in Slovenia turned out at the polls on Sunday. Reacting to this, Pahor, who has won a five-year-mandate, said that "trust in institutions must be rebuilt, while those institutions must earn it by diligently working in the common interest". Meanwhile, more demonstrations have been announced in Slovenian towns, organized in protest against what are seen as "corrupt elites" and the bad social and economic situation. (Tanjug/AP) B92

Former PM elected as Slovenia's new president

Both he and the now former president, Danilo Turk, come from the political left wing in Slovenia, while these elections came amid the largest demonstrations that the country has seen in the two decades of its existence.

Turk conceded defeat, but would not analyse the reasons for his poor showing.

Unofficial results showed that only some 40 percent of the 1.7 million people eligible to vote in Slovenia turned out at the polls on Sunday.

Reacting to this, Pahor, who has won a five-year-mandate, said that "trust in institutions must be rebuilt, while those institutions must earn it by diligently working in the common interest".

Meanwhile, more demonstrations have been announced in Slovenian towns, organized in protest against what are seen as "corrupt elites" and the bad social and economic situation.

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