00:00Nearly a month after securing a razor-thinner majority in Slovenia's parliamentary elections,
00:07Liberal Prime Minister Robert Golob admitted he had failed to form a ruling coalition.
00:13His announcement opens the door for Conservative runner-up Janis Jansa to seek to form a coalition.
00:20Golob's party won 29 seats in last month's election,
00:24while the Conservatives of three-time Premier Janis Jansa got 28 seats in the 90-seat parliament.
00:31Golob told reporters after meeting with President Natasa Pirq-Moussa that he is looking forward to working with the opposition,
00:39adding that he had not found a partner among centre-right parties for a governing coalition.
00:45Jansa reiterated he was not in a rush to form a government while seeking to do what is the most
00:51ideal for the country.
00:53Together with his Slovenian Democratic Party.
00:56If the candidate fails to win a majority, parties have 10 days to put forward a new one.
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