Addressing UMS VMRO-DPMNE’s 28th Annual Conference, party leader Hristijan Mickoski reminded of warnings that elections are a time when Zaev turns lying on the highest level. He referred to pre-election promises made to teachers, pensioners.

On the same day that he announced an increase in the salaries of teachers and professors he should have said that he actually deducts from these people’s salaries. Every teacher and professor should know that Zaev does not increase your salary, Zaev deducts from your salary guaranteed by law and the collective agreement in education, on average 5,600 denars per month according to the old, ie almost 11,000 denars according to the announced minimum salary! Just as the pensioners should know that for these three years in power the pensions should have increased by at least 1,500 denars in accordance with the law that Zaev changed, that is, with which he abolished the harmonization, and now he says he would raise half the amount he had previously taken or only 700 denars, Mickoski said.

He backed up his claims with scant party SDSM statements instead of a strong government denial.