(ANSA-AFP) - BRATISLAVA, 24 MAR - Slovak Parliament Speaker
Peter Pellegrini and former Foreign Minister Ivan Korcok will
face each other on April 6 in the presidential election runoff.
According to preliminary results from the Slovak Statistical
Office, Pellegrini received 40.
The outgoing president, Zuzana Caputova, a human rights
activist, used these tactics last month to suspend part of the
revision of the Criminal Code that makes it more difficult to
investigate and punish corruption.But the 48-year-old Pellegrini
has indicated that he does not intend to act in the same way
with other controversial projects, including one that would give
Fico control of public TV--creating a potential clash with the
EU.The idea of a counterweight to the government "is absolutely
wrong" and promises only "conflicts between institutions,"
Pellegrini had said in January when he announced his candidacy.
(ANSA-AFP).
Slovakian presidential election, Pellegrini-Korcok on ballot
Pro-Russian the former and pro-European the latter