Posted on 08/24/2018 3:36:09 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
A Slovenian comedian who previously impersonated the country’s former prime minister has now been appointed to the position.
NBC News reported that Marjan Sarec, a longtime comedian and actor, was appointed as prime minister designate on Friday. His leftist party came second in the country’s parliamentary elections earlier this year, and he was chosen by the Parliament 55 to 31.
Sarec, 40, earned fame with his impersonation of former Prime Minister Janez Jansa, who headed the country’s right-wing Slovenian Democratic Party.
“We are a new party, [a] new generation in politics that is not burdened with the past," Sarec told NBC News. "We are here to work."
Sarec’s impersonation of Jansa mocked the former leader for his limited knowledge of English.
The former comedian told NBC News that he is taking the new role seriously, and that he ended his acting career when he was elected mayor of the small Slovenian town of Kamnik in 2010.
"I kept this promise and assumed the position of a mayor with a great responsibility," he said. "Today, I assume the function of the prime minister with a great responsibility towards all citizens."
First lady Melania Trump was born in what is now Slovenia, but has since become an American citizen.
Sarec told NBC News that he has “different” political views than those held by President Trump "I believe the definitions of being right or left are not important," he said. "It is much more important that we strive for an operational and effective government."
Being There.
>>“We are a new party, [a] new generation in politics that is not burdened with the past,”
Eastern European “left wing”, so does his double-speak mean ignore the horrors of Soviet Communism?
How soon people forget the past.
Yes, the left must work very hard to enact the Socialist State and remember “Ljubljana does not believe in tears.”
Ping
Consider the idea of President Alec Baldwin. Now try to stop screaming.
Oh, so it’s Melania’s country...
You can bet Soros has been greasing palms all over up in there.
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