With such analyzes and forecasts, the elections would mean opening new hot spots with coronavirus, VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski said Monday, adding that he would call today for a leaders’ meeting with President Stevo Pendarovski to discuss postponing the early parliamentary elections with the aim of protecting the health of the citizens.

All recommendations from relevant domestic and world organizations are that the best response to deal with the virus is to avoid activity. Just when the projections for the peak of the health crisis are coming, elections in Macedonia will have to take place. With such analyzes and predictions, the election would mean opening up new hot spots with coronavirus. Imagine Election Day when thousands of voters casting their votes in one room, using the same pen, having personal contact with the members of the electoral board, said Mickoski.

He added that in this time of crisis this is a situation when one chooses between the personal and the interest of the state.

I say this for the reason that it is quite certain that VMRO-DPMNE will win the election by an overwhelming margin, but holding elections will also expose thousands of citizens, or more than one million people, at direct risk to their health and spread of coronavirus. At this time, I choose, without hesitation, the interest of the state and the citizens, and therefore today I will call for a leaders’ meeting with President Stevo Pendarovski to discuss postponing the early parliamentary elections in order to protect the health of the citizens, the  VMRO-DPMNE leader said.