BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – Slovak opposition led by the Ordinary Individuals party (OLANO) was on course for an emphatic triumph in the country’s parliamentary election, as voters upset with graft routed the ruling centre-left party that has actually dominated the political scene for over a years.
Ordinary Individuals and Independent Characters (OLaNO) celebration leader Igor Matovic gestures in front of fans at his celebration’s head office after the country’s parliamentary elections, in Trnava, Slovakia, early March 1,2020 REUTERS/David W Cerny
Results from 77%of districts revealed on Sunday that OLANO, a politically amorphous, pro-European Union and pro-NATO movement focused on fighting corruption, took 24.8%of the vote, ahead of the ruling Smer with 18.9%.
Assistance for OLANO had actually risen in current weeks, from less than 6%late last year, focusing a protest vote fed by the murder of an investigative journalist and his fiancée two years ago.
Seats won by other liberal and conservative parties gave OLANO a strong position to lead negotiations to form a new centre-right government. It was not clear from the partial results whether such a coalit