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Professional-Russia candidate Peter Pellegrini elected Slovakia president

Professional-Russia candidate Peter Pellegrini elected Slovakia president
April 7, 2024


Professional-Russia candidate Peter Pellegrini elected Slovakia president

Presidential candidate Peter Pellegrini smiles at his headquarters after a presidential runoff in Bratislava, Slovakia, Saturday, April 6, 2024. Pellegrini is an in depth best friend of populist Top Minister Robert Fico recognized for his pro-Russian insurance policies.

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Presidential candidate Peter Pellegrini smiles at his headquarters after a presidential runoff in Bratislava, Slovakia, Saturday, April 6, 2024. Pellegrini is an in depth best friend of populist Top Minister Robert Fico recognized for his pro-Russian insurance policies.

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BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — A detailed best friend of populist Top Minister Robert Fico beat a pro-Western occupation diplomat to develop into Slovakia’s new president, and be triumphant Zuzana Čaputová, the rustic’s first feminine head of state. Parliamentary speaker Peter Pellegrini gained 53.26% of the vote with the ballots from nearly all polling stations counted via the Statistics Administrative center in Saturday’s runoff election, topping former Overseas Minister Ivan Korčok who had 46.73%. “I will promise I will be able to be a president of all Slovak voters,” Pellegrini stated. “I will promise I will be at all times via the facet of Slovakia.”

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Pellegrini turns into Slovakia’s 6th president for the reason that nation received independence after the break up of Czechoslovakia in 1993. Čaputová, a staunch backer of neighboring Ukraine in its struggle in opposition to Russia’s invasion, did not search a 2nd time period within the in large part ceremonial publish. Pellegrini’s victory cemented Fico’s grip on energy via giving him and his allies regulate of main strategic posts. The president of the country of five.4 million other folks alternatives the high minister after parliamentary elections, swears within the new authorities and appoints Constitutional Court docket judges. The president too can veto regulations, even though Parliament can override the veto with a easy majority, and problem them on the Constitutional Court docket. The top of state additionally has the appropriate to pardon convicts. The federal government, led via the high minister, possesses maximum government powers. Fico’s leftist Smer (Course) birthday party gained Sept. 30 parliamentary elections on a pro-Russian and anti-American platform. Pellegrini, 48, who favors a robust position for the state, heads the left-wing Hlas (Voice) birthday party that completed 3rd within the vote and joined a governing coalition with Fico and the ultranationalist Slovak Nationwide Birthday celebration. Critics concern Slovakia underneath Fico will abandon its pro-Western route and apply the path of Hungary underneath populist Top Minister Viktor Orbán. The brand new authorities in an instant halted any hands deliveries to Ukraine. Hundreds have again and again taken to the streets throughout Slovakia just lately to rally in opposition to Fico’s pro-Russian and different insurance policies, together with plans to amend the penal code and take regulate of the general public media.

“A majority of other folks in Slovakia stated that they like this fashion of ruling,” Fico stated in his feedback. Korčok was once crucial of the federal government’s strikes that the protesters concern may just undermine the guideline of regulation whilst Pellegrini sponsored the brand new authorities and did not query its insurance policies. Korčok is the previous ambassador to the US and Germany, who additionally served as the rustic’s envoy to NATO and the Ecu Union. He firmly helps Slovakia’s EU and NATO memberships. He conceded the defeat and congratulated the winner. “I am dissatisfied,” he stated concerning the end result. Pellegrini, who was once Fico’s former deputy in Smer, was high minister in 2018, after Fico was once pressured to surrender following main anti-government boulevard protests over the killing of journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancee. Pellegrini had quickly parted tactics with Fico after the scandal-tainted Smer misplaced the former election in 2020. With Pellegrini’s win, Fico rebounded from two instantly presidential election losses. Fico was once defeated on the presidential vote via Andrej Kiska 10 years in the past whilst Čaputová claimed victory over a candidate he supported within the 2019 poll.

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