Slovenia

October 2005 | Risk Summary

The main opposition Liberal Democrats (LDS) are to hold a leadership contest at their party contest in mid-October. Current party chairman, Anton Rop, who had been criticised for the party's weak showing in elections a year earlier, has indicated that he will not take part in the competition. Although the LDS has chosen not to release the names of any of the slated candidates, it is known that more than 20 names have been put forward, including most of the party's major figures. Former-foreign minister Ivo Vajgl, who enjoys the backing of the party's municipal committees, is widely regarded as

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