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Robert Golob and his liberal green party's shock win over three-time Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa in Sunday's parliamentary election signals a vote against increasing authoritarianism, say political analysts.
Political newcomer Robert Golob defeated three-time Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa in elections on Sunday in a nation split by bitter political divisions over the rule of law.
Golob’s Freedom Movement, which he launched in January, has built on anger with Jansa’s regime in the former Yugoslav state.
The opposition accuses Jansa of having tried to undermine democratic institutions and press freedoms since he returned to power in 2020.
With almost all the votes counted in the nation of about 2 million people, Freedom Movement stood at 34.5 percent of the vote compared with 23.6 percent for Jansa’s Slovenian Democratic Party.
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