Slovenia Prime Minister Miro Cerar resigned late Wednesday over a Supreme Court decision nullifying a referendum in favor of a major railroad project.
"This was the straw that broke the camel's back," Cerar said in his resignation note to parliament. "The second track project has been hit by another blow taken by those who want to stop Slovenia's positive development. I don't want to be part of such stories."
He plans to submit his resignation to President Borut Pahor Thursday.
Voters in September approved the $1.2 billion project to extend a key rail line from an Adriatic port to the Italian border.
But the Slovenian Supreme Court ordered a new vote, saying the government unfairly influenced voters to approve the project.
Cerar said the rail line would be of "strategic importance for the development of Slovenia."
Cerar says his center-left coalition is leaving the country in much better economic shape than it was when it took power in 2017.
Parliamentary elections are set for June, but Cerar's resignation may move them up.
斯洛文尼亚总理米罗·采拉尔(Miro Cerar)星期三晚上辞职。此前,斯洛文尼亚最高法院裁决,支持一项大型铁路工程的全民公决无效。
采拉尔在给议会的函件中说:“这是压垮骆驼的最后一根稻草。第二轨项目再次受到那些想阻止斯洛文尼亚积极发展的人的打击。我不想参与其中。”
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