SocDems Advise Pahor not to Stand for President

Ljubljana, 9 June - Senior officials of the opposition Social Democrats (SD), who gathered in Ljubljana on Saturday to discuss their frontman's presidential bid, advised Borut Pahor not to stand in the autumn presidential election, but to take the party to the 2008 general election.

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Borut Pahor, leader of the opposition Social Democrats (SD), and Metka Tekavcic, head of the SD Ljubljana coucillor group, at a party gathering in Mostec, a recreational area in Ljubljana.
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Borut Pahor, leader of the opposition Social Democrats (SD), and Danica Simsic, the former mayor of Ljubljana, at a party gathering in Mostec, a recreational area in Ljubljana.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

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Igor Luksic, vice-president of the opposition Social Democrats (SD), at a party gathering in Mostec, a recreational area in Ljubljana.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

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Borut Pahor, leader of the opposition Social Democrats (SD), addresses a party gathering in Mostec, a recreational area in Ljubljana.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Borut Pahor, leader of the opposition Social Democrats (SD), addresses a party gathering in Mostec, a recreational area in Ljubljana.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Borut Pahor, leader of the opposition Social Democrats (SD), addresses a party gathering in Mostec, a recreational area in Ljubljana.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Borut Pahor, leader of the opposition Social Democrats (SD), addresses a party gathering in Mostec, a recreational area in Ljubljana.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Borut Pahor, the leader of opposition Social Democrats (SD), addresses a party gathering in Mostec, a recreational area in Ljubljana.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

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