SDS Leader Outlines Plans for "Second Republic"

Ljubljana, 9 May - The leader of Slovenia's biggest opposition party, Janez Jansa, announced broad constitutional changes his Democrats (SDS) would propose when they won sufficient majority in parliament. He also criticised the government for basing its response to the crisis on wrong assumptions, as he addressed the party congress in Ljubljana on Saturday.

Ljubljana
The opposition Democrats (SDS) reelect Janez Jansa as party president at a congress.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
The opposition Democrats (SDS) reelect Janez Jansa as party president at a congress.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
The opposition Democrats (SDS) reelect Janez Jansa as party president at a congress.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
The opposition Democrats (SDS) reelect Janez Jansa as party president at a congress.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
The opposition Democrats (SDS) reelect Janez Jansa as party president at a congress.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
The opposition Democrats (SDS) reelect Janez Jansa as party president at a congress.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
The opposition Democrats (SDS) reelect Janez Jansa as party president at a congress.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
The opposition Democrats (SDS) reelect Janez Jansa as party president at a congress.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
Democratic Party (SDS) president Janez Jansa addressing the party congress.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
Democratic Party (SDS) president Janez Jansa addressing the party congress.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
Democratic Party (SDS) president Janez Jansa addressing the party congress.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
Democratic Party (SDS) president Janez Jansa addressing the party congress.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
Democratic Party (SDS) president Janez Jansa addressing the party congress.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
Former Slovakian PM Mikulas Dzurinda addressing the congress of the Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS).
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
The opposition Democratic Party (SDS) holding a regular congress.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
The opposition Democratic Party (SDS) holding a regular congress; at the forefront MEP and SDS vice president Romana Jordan Cizelj.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
Party leader Janez Jansa at a regular congress of the opposition Democratic Party (SDS).
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
The opposition Democratic Party (SDS) holding a regular congress.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
The opposition Democratic Party (SDS) holding a regular congress.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
The opposition Democratic Party (SDS) holding a regular congress.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
The opposition Democratic Party (SDS) holding a regular congress.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
The opposition Democratic Party (SDS) holding a regular congress; in the forefront Milan Zver, former education minister.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
The opposition Democratic Party (SDS) holding a regular congress; in the forefront Zofija Mazej Kukovic, former health minister.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
Democratic Party (SDS) president Janez Jansa and his fiance Urska Bacovnik at the party congress.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

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