Zoran Zaev’s resignation letter was submitted to the Macedonian Parliament today. In it, he notifies Speaker Talat Xhaferi that he is resigning, and won’t use the option to elaborate his resignation before the Parliament.

The letter will then be submitted to President Stevo Pendarovski, who announced that he will nominate Zaev’s loyalist Oliver Spasovski as the next Prime Minister. Upon this notification, Xhaferi needs to call up a session of Parliament to elect the interim Government, which will include a number of VMRO-DPMNE nominated officials in positions important to ensure that the public administration is not abused in favor of SDSM in the run up to the elections. This Government is called to organize the elections planned for April 12th, and it should be voted in by the end of the day.