Slovenia's Prime Minister Alenka Bratusek (R) leaves the stage after Ljubljana's mayor Zoran Jankovic won leadership on congress of the center-left Positive Slovenia (PS) in Brdo near Kranj April 26, 2014. REUTERS/Srdjan Zivulovic
BRDO PRI KRANJU, Slovenia (Reuters) - Slovenian Prime Minister Alenka Bratusek lost the leadership of her centre-left Positive Slovenia (PS) party to a challenger unwanted by her coalition partners on Saturday, a move that is likely to bring down her government and trigger an early election.
A party congress chose Ljubljana mayor Zoran Jankovic as the new PS leader, the party said. All three coalition partners have said they would not cooperate with a party led by Jankovic, who is under investigation for corruption and has denied all allegations.
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