The identify of the brand new Slovak president is of Latin origin. Pelegrin is a pilgrim and pelegrini is the second case plural. His biography confirms this. He demonstrated this when he initially referred to as along with Zuzana Čaputová for reconciliation and a joint assembly of politicians, however in the long run he refused to take part. And similar to the chairman of the Slovak Nationwide Occasion (SNS), he joined – in spite of everything, as all the time, Fico’s Smer.
Forty-eight-year-old Peter Pellegrini is a political pilgrim. He studied finance and has been roaming the political panorama for nearly his whole profession. He began as a parliamentary assistant, he was an MP, all the time for the Path get together. Since 2020, he has led the Hlas get together, which was speculated to be the voice of the long run. He spoke of the Path as a aspect of the previous. However following final yr’s parliamentary elections, he entered a coalition with Směr and SNS. He successively changed all of the necessary posts: He was the chairman of the Nationwide Council, the prime minister and now he’s the president. He was most reproached for studying to reside in a world of secret sponsors, due to which he acquired a big fortune, the quilt of which he mightn’t convincingly clarify. It was speculated that he obtained cash for selling authorized modifications within the expropriation of freeway land, and equally he allegedly received wealthy by introducing a digital money register. In keeping with the testimony of businessman Michal Suchoba, he allegedly obtained 150,000 euros in money for this. The voters did not thoughts.
Simply as they do not thoughts that not way back he noticed Volodymyr Zelensky as a task mannequin, and on the finish of the presidential marketing campaign he claimed that the voice of Vladimir Putin ought to be listened to, simply as Fico spoke concerning the rampage of Ukrainian nationalists in February. He gained by 6.25 % of the vote over the cultivated diplomat Ivan Korčok.
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Preferring the submissive political wanderer over those that assume in a broader context and train individuals to reside in uncertainty, which strengthens the operational reminiscence, testifies to the truth that the psychological kinship, political mischief and silly nationalism of the nineteenth century is extra for Slovaks than dignity, the need to vary and respect for the necessity to develop the widespread European market. Subsequently, a robust authoritarian chief who guarantees certainty that he can by no means present is extra acceptable than the rule of regulation and a perception in diligence and morality. Hope nonetheless lies within the independence of the Constitutional Courtroom, and the unique concept that it might possibly be that Pellegrini wouldn’t settle for his submissive function as president disappeared once more quickly following the assassination of Roberto Fico.
Written for CRo Plus.
