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Wednesday, April 07, 2004
Giving best wishes in NSW Parliament, the bear pit, to a Labor Party member who is getting over heart surgery, Cronulla MP Malcolm Kerr recalled that another colleague once received get well card, signed by the secretary of his party branch, stating I have been instructed by the branch (50 to 49) to wish you a speedy recovery. Malcolm is the unassuming but lethal Richard Amery of the Liberal Party. A rare antipodian bird with a rather precious sense of timing (bouncing czech smile)...
All Elections are Local: Slovakia, Indonesia, Republic of Malcom Kerr
The presidential elections in Slovakia brought a great surprise over the weekend, as the Secretary of State Eduard Kukan, who was believed to win the first round, ended up third, meaning the second round is off limits for him.
The two opponents who will battle for the office next Saturday, in the second round, are former Speaker of the Parliament Ivan Gasparovic and three-time former PM Vladimir Meciar.
Meciar is one of the most controversial Slovak politicians. A tough guy, former boxer. Once he attacked a TV reporter on the street, paying no attention to the fact that the attack was caught on camera. Gasparovic once used to be Meciar's right hand, a close political partner.
When Meciar left office several years ago, after being defeated in elections, he went to a TV interview where he sang for the viewers something like God bless you all / I am leaving you / I have never hurt any of you.
The presidential elections in Slovakia were more or less decided by less than 4,000 people:
Vladimir Meciar -- 32,7%
Ivan Gasparovic -- 22,3%
Eduard Kukan -- 22,21%
Rudolf Schuster -- 7% (Slovak President at this time)
Gasparovic beat Kukan by those 3,644 popular votes.
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