Immovable KPK Meets Unstoppable Golob

It has been over two weeks since PM Robert Golob was slapped with a KPK ruling over his actions in the Bobnar Boondoggle. Pengovsky was going to write it up soonest but there were things to see and people to do. Also, adulting is hard. Be that as it may, the intervening days have shown that Apex Avian had developed some remarkable survival skills. Not really Teflon, because he is not out of the woods yet, but remarkable nevertheless.

A Who Would Win meme featuring Slovenian PM Robert Golob and KPK, the country's anti-graft commission, investigating the PM for corruption and conflict of interest.
A meme for (of?) the ages

The most remarkable thing about it is that Gibanje Svoboda is keeping the pace with SDS of Janez Janša. This, despite the fact that the opposition is in full offensive mode. Whisper it, but GS may even closing the gap slightly, depending on which pollster does the polling. It seems that whatever bad juju this story was going to generate, it was already priced in by Golob’s supporters. At this point they simply don’t give a flying fuck anymore. Does that remind you of anyone?

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Presidential Election: A Three-Way Race For The Big Cheese

Muddy Hollows is about two-and-a-half weeks away from the first round of the presidential election in Muddy Hollows. Thus, it is about fucking time we had some serious polls. Based on that it looks like a three-way race for the top two spots leading into the second round. Scheduled for mid-November, it will most likely end in a victory for the candidate who is not Anže Logar.

A picture from the first presidential election debate on TV Slovenia.
Presidential debate on RTVSLO (source: RTVSLO)

That said, things are still very fluid at the top right now. Especially of note is the relatively large pool of undecided voters. 15 percent is enough to shake up the order of the top three. On the other hand, the remaining four candidates probably won’t break out of single digits, much less make a serious play at the second round.

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