Polls close in repeat vote on rail upgrade

Ljubljana, 13 May - Polling stations across the country closed at in the repeat vote on a law governing the financing the railway expansion between the Koper port and the inland hub Divača. Given the very low turnout, it is highly unlikely that the proponents of the referendum would succeed in bringing down the government-sponsored law.

Ljubljana Referendum initiator Vili Kovačič casts his vote in the repeat referendum on the law governing the Koper-Divača rail expansion. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Referendum initiator Vili Kovačič casts his vote in the repeat referendum on the law governing the Koper-Divača rail expansion.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana Prime Minister Miro Cerar casts his vote in the repeat referendum on the law governing the Koper-Divača rail expansion. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Prime Minister Miro Cerar casts his vote in the repeat referendum on the law governing the Koper-Divača rail expansion.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana Prime Minister Miro Cerar casts his vote in the repeat referendum on the law governing the Koper-Divača rail expansion. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Prime Minister Miro Cerar casts his vote in the repeat referendum on the law governing the Koper-Divača rail expansion.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana Slovenia votes on a government law governing the expansion of a 27-kilometre rail track to the Port of Koper. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Slovenia votes on a government law governing the expansion of a 27-kilometre rail track to the Port of Koper.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana Slovenia votes on a government law governing the expansion of a 27-kilometre rail track to the Port of Koper. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Slovenia votes on a government law governing the expansion of a 27-kilometre rail track to the Port of Koper.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana Referendum initiator Vili Kovačič casts his vote in the repeat referendum on the law governing the Koper-Divača rail expansion. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Referendum initiator Vili Kovačič casts his vote in the repeat referendum on the law governing the Koper-Divača rail expansion.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

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