Riding a wave of public fury over corruption, liberal lawyer Zuzana Caputova won Slovakia's presidential election on Saturday, bucking a trend that has seen populist, anti-European Union politicians make gains across the continent.
Corruption and change in political style were the main themes ahead of the run-off vote, which took place a year after journalist Jan Kuciak, who investigated high-profile fraud cases, and his fiancée were murdered at their home.
Caputova, who was the front runner having won the first round more than 20 percentage points ahead of Sefcovic, campaigned to end what she calls the capture of the state"by people pulling strings from behind", a message that opinion polls show resonates with younger, educated voters. "I am happy not just for the result but mainly that it is possible not to succumb to populism, to tell the truth, to raise interest without aggressive vocabulary," she told a crowd of supporters.
The killings ignited the biggest protests in Slovakia's post-communist history and forced the resignation of Smer leader Robert Fico as prime minister last year. It may give a boost to opposition parties looking to replace Smer, still the most popular party, in next year's general election.
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