In a surprise address to the media on Saturday morning, President Nataša Pirc Musar announced she will not be making a PM nomination. Assessing that no candidate can secure an absolute majority in the parliament, she notified Speaker Stevanović (shudder!) that she is so done with this shit, even though she still had two more weeks to come up with a name.
Not to put too fine a point on it, the president fucked up royally. In one fell swoop, she made a huge political error, missed an opportunity to hold parliament accountable, screwed up the messaging (again) and possibly opened herself up to an impeachment proceeding. It is, to use a technical term, a clusterfuck.
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