During a TV interview held shortly after the large VMRO-DPMNE protest rally in Skopje, opposition leader Hristijan Mickoski announced that the party will initiate a vote of no confidence in the Zaev Government.

This will be good opportunity for Zaev and his top diplomats Bujar Osmani and Nikola Dimitrov to explain what they did and if they deserve to carry on. The Parliament is evenly split, let’s see what happens, Mickoski said.

Zaev’s ruling coalition has only 62 seats in the 120 seat Parliament, and VMRO-DPMNE has indicated that a number of SDSM representatives or coalition members have been privately preparing to jump ship. The proposal will be submitted next week, and the debate should begin the week after.