Slovak Premier, Philanthrophist Head to Presidency Runoff
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Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico will compete with philanthropist Andrej Kiska for the presidency in a tougher-than-expected March 29 runoff after winning the first round with a narrow lead.
Fico, the nation’s most-popular politician for the past decade, won 28 percent of votes in the first-round ballot held yesterday, followed by the 51-year-old businessman-turned-philanthropist, with 24 percent, the statistics office said on its website today. Opposition candidates who finished third and fourth have said they would urge voters to back Kiska in the final round.