No Speaker Candidate Gets Sufficient Support, Vote Being Repeated

Ljubljana, 21 December - None of the two candidates for parliamentary speaker, SocDems head Borut Pahor and Positive Slovenia candidate Masa Kociper, managed to get sufficient support in the first round of voting at the National Assembly on Wednesday. A second round is presently under way.

Ljubljana Positive Slovenia's Masa Kociper (pictured), who is vying for parliamentary speaker, attends the maiden session of the National Assembly. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana
Positive Slovenia's Masa Kociper (pictured), who is vying for parliamentary speaker, attends the maiden session of the National Assembly.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana Positive Slovenia's Masa Kociper (pictured), who is standing for parliamentary speaker against outgoing Borut Pahor, attends the maiden session of the National Assembly. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana
Positive Slovenia's Masa Kociper (pictured), who is standing for parliamentary speaker against outgoing Borut Pahor, attends the maiden session of the National Assembly.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana Positive Slovenia's Masa Kociper (pictured), who is standing for parliamentary speaker against outgoing Borut Pahor, arrives at the maiden session of the National Assembly. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana
Positive Slovenia's Masa Kociper (pictured), who is standing for parliamentary speaker against outgoing Borut Pahor, arrives at the maiden session of the National Assembly.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana Outgoing Prime Minister Borut Pahor arrives at the maiden session of the National Assembly, vying for the post of parliamentary speaker. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana
Outgoing Prime Minister Borut Pahor arrives at the maiden session of the National Assembly, vying for the post of parliamentary speaker.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana Outgoing Prime Minister Borut Pahor arrives at the maiden session of the National Assembly, vying for the post of parliamentary speaker. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana
Outgoing Prime Minister Borut Pahor arrives at the maiden session of the National Assembly, vying for the post of parliamentary speaker.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana Outgoing Prime Minister Borut Pahor (centre) arrives at the maiden session of the National Assembly, vying for the post of parliamentary speaker. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana
Outgoing Prime Minister Borut Pahor (centre) arrives at the maiden session of the National Assembly, vying for the post of parliamentary speaker.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana Outgoing Prime Minister Borut Pahor arrives at the maiden session of the National Assembly, vying for the post of parliamentary speaker. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana
Outgoing Prime Minister Borut Pahor arrives at the maiden session of the National Assembly, vying for the post of parliamentary speaker.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana Outgoing Prime Minister Borut Pahor (left) arrives at the maiden session of the National Assembly, vying for the post of parliamentary speaker. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana
Outgoing Prime Minister Borut Pahor (left) arrives at the maiden session of the National Assembly, vying for the post of parliamentary speaker.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana Positive Slovenia's Masa Kociper (centre), who is standing for parliamentary speaker against outgoing Borut Pahor, attends the maiden session of the National Assembly. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana
Positive Slovenia's Masa Kociper (centre), who is standing for parliamentary speaker against outgoing Borut Pahor, attends the maiden session of the National Assembly.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana Outgoing Prime Minister Borut Pahor (right) attends the maiden session of the National Assembly, vying for the post of parliamentary speaker. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana
Outgoing Prime Minister Borut Pahor (right) attends the maiden session of the National Assembly, vying for the post of parliamentary speaker.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

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