Slovenian govt survives no-confidence vote Slovenia s Janez Jansa/Photo: SDS
LJUBLJANA (Slovenia), February 16 (SeeNews) - Slovenia s government led by the populist conservative Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) survived late on Monday a no-confidence vote filed by the Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia (DeSUS) and the Constitutional Arch Coalition (KUL), parliament said.
The motion received the support of 40 MPs in the 90-seat parliament, with seven votes against and six invalid ballots, leaving the opposition short of the 46 votes required to overthrow the government of prime minister Janez Jansa, according to a transcript of the session, posted on the website of Slovenia s parliament.
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