Slovenian President Borut Pahor said on Thursday he intended to appoint Janez Jansa, whose centre-right Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) got the most votes in Sunday’s election, as prime minister-designate to form a new government, although he did not rule out the possibility that another majority could be given the same opportunity.

Pahor and Jansa met earlier today to discuss the election results and formation of the new government.

“If a majority other than Jansa and his party were to emerge and prove that it can form a government with the necessary support, then I expect Jansa, whom I intend to appoint prime minister-designate, will once again come and see me and say he can not accept the appointment,” Pahor told reporters at a joint press conference held with Jansa.

He added that there was no reason to bring the negotiations process into question, adding that it would take some time, as well as a reasonable dose of discretion and transparency.

SDS won 25 seats in the 90-seat parliament assembly, and will need to form a coalition with at least two other parties to have the necessary majority.

Analysts, as well as the election winner, Jansa, are saying that the task will be difficult, and some say that, considering how fragmented the political scene has become, and the ideological and personal conflicts of the leaders of the nine parties which gained seats in the parliament, it will be “impossible.”

Jansa said at the press conference he was prepared for talks with all parliamentary parties on forming a stable government.

“We will try to form a coalition government for Slovenia, and not a coalition against Sarac, Zidan, or Cerar,” Jansa said, naming the three centre-left political leaders who said they would not form a coalition with his party.

The three said they would try to collect the 46 signatures to prove they had the majority in the parliament and can form the government together without the election winner.

Jansa said it was possible to form the government without his party, but warned that the government formed that way would not be stable and would not have a harmonised platform.

“If someone manages to obtain a majority without negotiations based on election platforms and proposes a prime minister-designate, insisting on such an appointment would obviously make no sense,” Jansa said.

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