Slovenia Times
11. March, 2021
Ljubljana – Karl Erjavec, the leader of the Pensioners’ Party (DeSUS), announced on Wednesday he was stepping down as president. He is no longer a member of the party either, saying that this was no longer the party he led for 15 years.
The resignation marks the end of a short-lived return, Erjavec having been ousted as party leader by Aleksandra Pivec in early 2020, only to return towards the end of the year after Pivec became embroiled in an ethics scandal.
“You know I was urged to return as president last year… I took on the task mainly to consolidate the party, to salvage it. But the latest events have shown that the party is so split it cannot be salvaged,” Erjavec said today.