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Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a doctors' conference in Ljubljana, Pahor said it was vital for the legitimacy of political processes after the election that the relative winner should get the chance first.
The president decides on whom to grant the mandate to form a government in his own judgement after consultations with the heads of newly elected parliamentary factions.
However, even as he called the election Pahor had declared his intention to offer the mandate to the relative winner of the election.
"Once the National Electoral Commission has established the winner of the election, I will invite him to offer him the mandate.
"If he accepts the mandate, I believe the winner has a right to ascertain through talks with MPs whether he has the necessary majority and he will then officially become the prime minister designate."
He believes the relative winner must "consummate" the victory. "His voters, the public supporting him need to know that the vote for him was not in vain, but was consummated in his right to get the chance to form a government".
It is then up to the PM-designate whether he builds a majority or not. "There is no reason to see problems beforehand. We have some experience, as in 2011; in that case, my job as president, together with parliament, will be a bit harder."
This is also one of the reason he kept himself away from polemics during the election campaign. "It's my duty as president to refrain from comments, to preserve the authority of impartiality that will be required after the election," he said.
The question arose considering that the opposition Democrats (SDS) are projected to win the election, while most other major contenders ruled out a coalition with the party over its hard line on migrations.
The situation after the vote could thus be similar to the one following the 2011 snap election when the leader of the election winner Positive Slovenia (PS), Zoran Janković, failed to build a coalition, so the role fell to SDS leader Janez Janša as the runner-up.
