"We have sensible people in our parliamentary group, who know damn well what they have to do," is what the head of the Positive Slovenia (PS) parliamentary group, Jani Möderndorfer, said to the press, after 16 of the 27 PS deputies met with PM Bratušek.

He is confident that the parliament members will only make decisions that ensure political stability. »If they act in that direction, one has to consider that early election can be held in the fall, and definitely not in the first week of July,« Möderendorfer said. In the meantime the PM still hasn't resigned.

The PM didn't invite all the PS deputies
16 parliament members from the Positive Slovenia party came to the meeting with PM Bratušek. Government sources say 20 out of the 27 deputies would support Alenka Bratušek's cabinet. However Bratušek didn't invite all the deputies to the meeting.

Some have already announced they would leave the party – deputies which have clearly stated that are Tamara Vonta, Alojz Potočnik, Darko Jazbec and Dragan Bosnić. Unofficially Peter Vilfan, Brane Golubovič and Jerko Čehovin are to follow in their footsteps. Golubovič said: "I don't see myself in a parliamentary group, which brings down its own government and PM."

Janković: There are two paths
A meeting of the party's council began at 6pm and was called by Zoran Janković – unofficially, because he still doesn't have the authority to call party's council meetings , as Bratušek is still the council president. Asked about how many deputies he plans to hold on to, he replied that all the deputies were independent.

In the meeting’s invitation Janković proposed that the council adopts three conclusions. The first, that Bratušek remains PM, as she won firm support from other party members at the party's congress. The other conclusion foresees a change in the coalition agreement, by including a few infrastructure and other projects with set time frames for their realization. And with the third conclusion Janković proposes that the party rejects any kind of interference from other parties in Positive Slovenia's internal affairs.

Janković also wrote that things inside the party will never be the same, and that there were two paths to choose from – to divide, or become even more united.

Saša Lubej, Andrej Čebokli, MMC;
translated by K. J.