Prince Eulenburg at the Ljubljana court
The scandal involving the Ljubljana mayor-to-be Anton Pesek
Keywords:
Ljubljana, elections, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, political historyAbstract
In addition to all the other parties, there were also two liberally oriented political parties striving for seats in the Municipal Council at the Ljubljana municipal elections on April 26,h 1921: the Yugoslav Democratic Party (YDP) and the National Socialist Party (NSP), both of which were engaged in a tenacious struggle for the support of their voters. The YDP newspaper Jutro aimed the bulk of its attacks at the prominent NSP member Anton Pesek. Despite the recriminations delivered by the Jutro, Pesek was elected mayor with the support of almost all the political parties. However, the Belgrade Minister of the Interior refused to place Pesek's candidacy for the mayorship before the King for approval, justifying his decision with the allegation that the elected Mayor Pesek was a homosexual. The latter reacted strongly against this accusation and attempted to exonerate his name at a legal trial, which, however, failed to produce a ruling in his favour. After this defeat, Pesek retreated from political and public life.
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