Zaev boasted that we are shining, Pendarovski says we are moving forward, and 5km away from the Center of Skopje, journalists are kidnapped, threats and blackmail are made only because they wanted to publish a report on how difficult is the life of the people living in Aracinovo, where the mayor is precisely from the SDSM party. This is how VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski commented on Wednesday’s incidents in Aracinovo when a team of TV21 was attacked.

In the 21st century, just a few kilometers from the center of the capital, people do not have drinking water, sanitation and basic living conditions. What is worse is the criticism of how people live does not mean solving the problems of citizens, but thugs who threaten journalists, and trampling on freedom of speech and freedom of the media. I strongly condemn this brutal incident and justice and accountability is needed. You will not hear about this in the speeches of the prime minister or their presidential candidate, because they are blinded by false shining, which means only one thing, taking great steps backward, Mickoski wrote on Facebook.