Janša Disputes Results While Golob Coos Partners

It has been a week since the Slovenian election and Janez Janša keeps re-litigating the result. Apparently he skipped school when they were learning how nobody likes a sore loser. Or, he may be in more shit with rank and file than he lets on. Which is why he keeps kicking this particularly deceased horse.

President Pirc Musar met with PM Golob do discuss election results. She also met with Janez Janša, Jernej Vrtovec, Anže Logar and leaders of every other party elected to the new parliament.
President Pirs Musar informally meeting Robert Golob to discuss election result (source)

On the other hand, Robert Golob and Nataša Pirc Musar are calling meetings. Right now, these are purely about taking the temperature. But in this brave new world of post-rational politics vibing is super important, apparently. So there are already attempts at making people comfortable around one another.

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Robert Golob Wins Second Election In A Row

In the end, Robert Golob and Gibanje Svoboda eked out a narrow victory in the parliamentary election in Slovenia. But with SDS of Janez Janša tight on his ass, Muddy Hollows is in for a protracted period of coalition building that will likely (but not necessarily) the Big Bird continuing as PM, albeit with a shakier coalition.

Unofficial results of the 2026 Slovenian election show Robert Golob and his Gibanje Svoboda taking the top spot with Janez Janša and SDS close second.
Top-line election results (source: DVK)

Assuming, of course, that the new parliament gets constituted at all. Namely the moment he lost the lead, Janez Janša started claiming voting and counting irregulairites. Which means that the next few weeks will be fucking intense.

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Slovenian Election: One Battle After Another

Slowly at first and then all at once. Parliamentary election in Muddy Hollows is less than 72 hours away and the shit-show went from zero to 11, inside a New York minute. For all the polls and TV debates, it now open warfare and a general melee.

Election time. A composite image of Europe Elects opinion poll results and a photo from tonight's debate on RTVSLO, before Sunday's election in Slovenia.
Debate on RTVSLO this evening, combined with the latest post by Europe Elects (source, source)

The last six to twelve months have provided us with plenty of rendering of garments, strategizing and positioning to maintain status quo. SDS was in the lead, GS second, then nothing for a very long time, and then everyone else. But the moment ball started rolling, it was all just, well, one battle after another.

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The Mossad/Not Mossad Threat Model Of Slovenian Election Interference

About that post on public opinion polls pengovsky was promising? Yeah, it’s going to have to wait, because Muddy Hollows entered Mossad/Not-Mossad territory this morning. And it obviously has to do with the honey-trap from the previous post.

Screenshot of Mladina story about  Black Cube, a group of Mossad-adjacent spooks-for-hire. accused of election interference in this campaign cycle
The leading story on Mladina website today (source)

After the supposedly shocking revelation from undercover videos became public, the political right wanted nothing more but to keep talking about what was said, regardless of the context. The political left on the other side, wanted to talk about election interference, regardless of what was said. And today they got their chance.

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Who Framed Dominika Švarc Pipan?

Muddy Hollows got its knickers in a twist yesterday as recordings started leaking out of people in the Big Bird’s orbit saying impolitic things about other people in his orbit. For example, Dominika Švarc Pipan offhandedly suggesting at things that could be interpreted as corrupt and/or criminal. Which is awkward, to say the least. It is also lost on precisely no-one that these things are coming out ten days before the election. It is kind of like an October surprise, only in March.

Dominika Švarc Pipan doing her Roger Rabbit bit. Vesna Vuković is probably nearby. (some AI was used)
Dominika Švarc Pipan doing her Roger Rabbit bit (some AI was used)

For all the brouhaha that this story is attempting to generate – and for the time being, it is mostly right-wing spin doctors who are pretend-clutching their pearls over this – it is important to see what the story is not. This is not about high-ranking government officials asking for bribes or admitting to criminal activities. It is GS-adjacent influence peddlers talking shit about their competition and brandishing their own credentials. At least for now.

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Muddy Hollows Election Campaign: Party Like It’s 2018

For an election campaign that is as bereft of ideas asthat parrot was of life, things are both surprisingly active in Muddy Hollows these days. Or maybe it is precisely because of that, as the political class needs to be seen doing something. Even if it all amounts to practically nothing.

A standard issue ballot box, the likes of which will be used after the 2026 election campaign wraps up in Muddy Hollows. Robert Golob, Janez Janša, Anže Logar and the rest of the gang act as if they can't wait for this to be over.
A ballot box. Really.

This blogger is a couple of days late with this post because there were things to see, people to do and because adulting is hard in general. But there’s also the fact that public opinion polls are remarkably stable and have been for a while. With less than a month to go, it is now beyond obvious that this is a base-only campaign.

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Slovenian Election To Be Held On 22 March, Says The Prez

Parliamentary election in Muddy Hollows is scheduled for 22 March this year. This is the gist of a decree president Nataša Pirc Musar signed earlier today. The date is not a surprise as NPM said as much just before Christmas. But it does mean that as of today the game is officially afoot.

President Nataša Pirc Musar set 22 March this year as election day for electing a new Slovenian parliament.
President Pirc Musar signing the election decree (photo: Bor Slana/STA)

Both readers of course know that the game has actually been afoot at least since October. The only real casualty here is pengovsky’s slightly tongue-in-cheek projection of 8 March as election date. But for that to happen, a lot of things would have to fall in place. Including a pliant president. And we know how things are in that department.

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