After Zoran Zaev’s move to begin purging his most corrupt officials in the SDSM party, VMRO-DPMNE responded by saying that Zaev and Sekerinska are the source of all the problems with SDSM. Zaev yesterday dismissed a number of officials close to Sekerinska, and the six deputy leaders from their party positions, while moving to entrench his own faction in the party, but allowed them to keep their state functions.

It’s true that Spasovski, Kiracovski, Remenski, Zekiri, Mancevski and Silegov are a disaster for the party and, more importantly, for the Republic of Macedonia. This is why Oliver Spasovski and the other of the incompetent Zaev appointees should be removed from their state functions, not only the party ones. If Spasovski, Mancevski and Silegov continue to hold their state offices it will be clear that the much announced purge is just a farce, VMRO-DPMNE said in its press release.

The fate of Sekerinska herself, but also Zaev, will be decided in mid June, the ruling party announced. VMRO denounced any tacking of crime and corruption in SDSM which doesn’t affect the two leading people. “It was not the others who were recorded asking for a bribe for their brother. You can’t say the rest were bad but Zaev and Sekerinska are doing great”, the opposition party observed.