Even though he announced that he intends to resign as Prime Minister and SDSM party leader, Zoran Zaev today assembled his coalition partners to have them declare their support to his continued leadership.

Several of his coalition partners, including top DUI officials, said that they asked Zaev to remain as Prime Minister. After the meeting of all two dozen coalition partner representatives, a joint statement was issued in which the coalition insists that it still has the necessary majority in Parliament. The statement does not comment on Zaev’s proposed resignation, but his coalition insists that there is no need to hold early elections as the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party demands.

The coalition partners from the parliamentary majority are unanimous that Macedonia needsa Government that will deliver results for all its citizens, especially given the pandemic and the energy crisis, and will have a clear Euro-Atlantic orientation, the press release insists.