Who will be held responsible for the coronavirus deaths in Stip that will be caused by the reckless mayoral election and the violation of restrictions that followed, asked VMRO-DPMNE spokesman Naum Stoilkovski, as pictures of celebrations held by the SDSM party began to spread online.

SDSM won the “election” in Stip, which was uncontested by all main opposition parties, who insisted that with this rate of infections it is reckless to have a vote. The SDSM candidate Sasko Nikolov is a doctor, but he was happy to join the brass band celebration the party held on the city square and in a bar that was opened in violation of the restrictions.
SDSM held elections in the midst of the epidemic, it ran against itself and still barely won, had people in isolation come to the polls and vote, and then held a mass party and a banquet. For everyone else, the rules apply. Everyone else is required to wear a mask. Every other bar is required to close at 21h. But SDSM rules as if they are above the law, said VMRO-DPMNE spokesman Naum Stoilkovski.