The first thing I will do as President of the Government of Macedonia is to give up many of the Prime Minister’s privileges and I will cut taxes, VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski said in an interview with Zhurnal.

Asked if he was considering reducing the number of deputy prime ministers and having one deputy prime minister, Mickoski said:

There is an inter-party debate especially in the area of Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs because somehow that position accumulates great power, essentially without any responsibilities. Often, experimental policies are made that do not work at the expense of the Ministry of Economy gaining more weight, and we even might consider dividing it into two smaller ministries: A ministry that will handle issues in the field of minerals and energy, and the other being a Ministry of commerce, industry and growth. These two ministries should be a practical replacement for the current positions of Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs and the Ministry of Economy, suggests Mickoski.