June 16, 2019 8:27 AM

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Zuzana Caputova sworn in as president of Slovakia

<span style="color: #222222;">In Slovakia, anti-corruption campaigner Zuzana Caputova was sworn in as country's first female president today.<br />'' <br />'' In her inauguration speech, she pledged to make the justice system work for everyone. Caputova said, she did not come to rule but to serve the nation.<br />'' <br />'' She said state officials that had proven incapable of stamping out corruption should lose their jobs and vowed to make the justice system work fairly for everyone.<br />'' <br />''Caputova scored a convincing victory against Smer-SD candidate Maros Sefcovic in March. Her allies from the Progressive Slovakia/Together party hope to use the momentum to unseat the ruling party in a 2020 general election.</span><br />

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