Tag: boycott
Macedonia 24.04.19 | 13:47

Father Ivica’s appeal to the boycott supporters

Father Ivica Todorov called on the voters who boycotted the September 2018 referendum and the first round of the presidential elections to reconsider and to support Gordana Siljanovska in the second round. A loss for Siljanovska, Father Ivica warns, would only guarantee that the loss of the name is irreversible. This...

Macedonia 24.04.19 | 10:54

Siljanovska sees a Macedonian Spring on the rise, asks the boycott camp for their support

We need to put an end to mediocrity in politics. For the past 30 years politicians were like cloned, like cyborgs, creating more like them. We need to send them packing, and have a new, spring oriented policy, Siljanovska said during a meeting with young supporters in Skopje. Siljanovska’s result...

Macedonia 23.04.19 | 21:58

Electoral commission head expects new elections if these fail due to low turnout, but says no guarantee that would happen

Although the first round of the presidential elections doesn’t have a turnout floor, it was indicative of a possible failure of the second round, where the floor is set at 40 percent. Turnout in the first round was barely a few points over 40 percent. And with third placed candidate Blerim Reka...

Macedonia 15.04.19 | 15:39

Mickoski calls on the boycott activists to help him bring down the Zaev regime

In a video address, opposition leader Hristijan Mickoski called on the boycott activists to reconsider and to support the VMRO-DPMNE endorsed candidate Gordana Siljanovska – Davkova. I say to those who support a boycott, but still carry the idea of Macedonia in their hearts. We remain brothers...

Macedonia 10.04.19 | 22:42

Siljanovska tells the boycott supporters that the name change can best be reversed from within

During her rally in Skopje today, VMRO-DPMNE presidential candidate Gordana Siljanovska – Davkova called on the opposition supporters who intend to boycott the elections to reconsider their decision. I have full understanding for the dilemmas faced by people who in their minds and their hearts...

Macedonia 01.04.19 | 17:58

Latas: Zaev has the most to gain from a presidential election boycott

Seasoned journalist Dragan Pavlovik Latas warns that, if there is a push to boycott the presidential elections, it will come from the SDSM – DUI camp. The calls to boycott the elections are now mostly coming from the right, by activists of the former Boycott movement which successfully torpedoed...

Balkans 10.02.19 | 19:50

Serbian opposition begins Parliament boycott

Serbian opposition parties intend to boycott the Parliament unless their demands are met and conditions for free and fair elections are prepared. We don’t want to continue being part of the facade of democracy and to legitimize a totalitarian regime which suffocates all critical thinking and treats...

Macedonia 14.01.19 | 19:52

Boycott movement calls the public to cross out the word “North”, wherever it is used in front of Macedonia

The Boycott movement of activists who successfully called for boycott of the September 2018 referendum to rename Macedonia, are calling on the public to reject the name change be removing the word “North” wherever they see it. Cross out the North, is the motto of the campaign, which began...

Macedonia 26.12.18 | 20:01

SDSM and DUI are considering a boycott of the presidential elections as a way to maneuver Xhaferi into the Presidency

A report in pro-Government news site SDK has raised speculations that ruling SDSM and DUI parties may be preparing to drag down the turnout in the presidential elections expected next April, in a ploy to have Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi appointed as interim President, and get him to sign on the...