Slovenia’s Prime Minister Alenka Bratusek said yesterday that she would step down from her post tomorrow after losing a contest for her party leadership.

She also urged lawmakers not to nominate a new prime minister-designate who would try to form a new government, in an attempt to increase the chances of an election being held quickly.

Bratusek said earlier last week she wanted to see elections held before the summer, if possible, following her defeat by Ljubljana mayor Zoran Jankovic in a contest for the leadership of the Pozitivna Slovenija party last weekend.

“I call upon all the deputies to give up their right to propose a new prime minister-designate, so that we hold elections as soon as possible,” Bratusek said yesterday after a meeting of the centre-left coalition partners comprising her Cabinet.

“There is no reason to panic as we have stabilised public finances,” she told reporters.”

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