Current head of state Zuzana Čaputová - the first woman to hold the post - is not running for a second term.
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00:00 Slovaks will vote this weekend in the first round of presidential elections.
00:07 Current head of state Susana Japutova, the first woman in the country to hold the position,
00:11 is not running for a second term.
00:14 The favorite is Peter Pellegrini, who is close to populist Prime Minister Robert Fico.
00:19 Pellegrini`s party came third in legislative elections on September 30th.
00:24 Another candidate is former foreign minister Ivan Korchok, a pro-Western career diplomat.
00:32 For this weekend`s first round, there are nine candidates.
00:37 If no one obtains a majority, the top two contestants will face off in a second round
00:42 on April 6th.
00:45 In Slovakia, the role of the president is mostly ceremonial.
00:50 This is the sixth presidential election since Slovakia`s independence in 1993.
00:55 in Slovakia.
00:56 (metal clanging)