Deadlock averted as Matej Tonin elected speaker
Ljubljana, 22 June - Matej Tonin, the 34-year-old leader of the conservative party New Slovenia (NSi), was elected speaker of parliament by a near unanimous vote at the inaugural session on Friday in a cross-partisan bid designed to break the deadlock after neither right nor left bloc won a clear majority in the 3 June election.
Ljubljana
Matej Tonin is appointed parliamentary speaker.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA
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