VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mockoski visited Thursday the village Dolni Podlog where he met with rice producers.

I met with rice producers from Dolni Podlog. Claiming to be brutally deceived by the government, the aid and subsidies they have promised are nowhere to be found, the price that has been set, and what now exists is under any economic logic. They were told to wait for a rebalance. There is no aid, and the situation is alarming. “There is no chance to endure, agriculture is about to collapse, we are the last enthusiasts involved in agriculture. We are in debt, and there are pressures on us, if we rebel, they will declare us criminals. If they can, they will take our souls too,” said one of the farmers I spoke to in tears. This deceitful and criminal elite plays with the fates of thousands of families. They are not seeking charity, but what they have deserved and earned, and what the government has promised them. Zaev’s life has become hell for the farmers and all the other citizens, here is the struggle for bare existence. Here in Podlog only the poverty and suffering of the farmers shines and that must be changed. Changes that will bring renewal that will bring dignity and security to farmers and every single person. I promise that we will do everything in our power to influence and work to change this disaster that the people are living!, wrote Mickoski.