By Albin Sybera Government candidate Peter Pellegrini beat pro-Western diplomat Ivan Korcok in the Slovak presidential election run-off by collecting 53.12% of the vote against Korcok’s 46.87%. Pellegrini, the parliamentary speaker, scored a clear victory despite the last polls projecting a very tight runoff after Korcok registered a surprise victory in the first round by 42.5% to 37%. Even so, it was Slovakia’s tighest presidential contest so far. Pellegrini, 48, will take over the Presidential Palace on June 15 amid fears that his presidency will strengthen populist premier Robert Fico’s pow…