Melania Trump lawyer tipped to become Slovenia prexy

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AFP) — Slovenians will vote on Sunday in a run-off expected to elect the country’s first woman president — a lawyer linked to former United States first lady Melania Trump.

Natasa Pirc Musar, backed by the center-left government, is running against ex-foreign minister Anze Logar, a veteran of conservative politics, in the European Union country of two million.

Musar was hired to protect the interests of Slovenian-born Trump during her husband’s presidency, stopping companies attempting to commercialize products with her name.

She is forecast to win just slightly above 50 percent of the vote ahead of Logar who is on between 44 and 49 percent, according to the latest polls.