Zuzana Caputova, a 45-year-old lawyer and anti-corruption campaigner, won 58.4 per cent of the votes in Saturday’s poll and will take office in June. Let us promote co-operation above personal interests,” she said as the results came in and showed her on course for a comfortable victory. Prior to her surprise entry into politics, Caputova was a civil activist best known for blocking a planned landfill site in her hometown in 2016. Previously, discontent with traditional politicians in Slovakia has led to populist and extreme nationalist parties entering parliament. “Slovakia is in a moral crisis and needs a president like Zuzana Caputova,” he told journalists in Bratislava.

Source: The Irish Times March 31, 2019 19:41 UTC