Tag: elections
Macedonia 11.05.20 | 12:07

President of the Electoral Commission says that conditions to hold a safe vote are not met

The President of the State Electoral Commission Oliver Derkovski said that the conditions to hold elections are currently not met. He warned that there is no possibility to ensure that voters and members of electoral boards maintain a distance of 2 meters and operate under masks. Derkovski responded...
Macedonia 10.05.20 | 20:13

Mickoski: We want elections in summer, but only if it is safe for the voters

In response to a request from SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev that elections are held in June, opposition leader Hristijan Mickoski said that recommendations from the Venice Commission propose that elections are held no sooner than two months after a state of emergency has been lifted. The Commission has...
Macedonia 10.05.20 | 15:13

Zaev wants quick elections in June

SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev came out with a request for elections in June. Zaev met with his coalition partners today and said that the vote should be as soon as possible and that this will be his position at the coming meeting of party leaders held by President Pendarovski next week. SDSM has pushed...
Macedonia 10.05.20 | 15:05

US Ambassador Byrnes advises that elections should be called once they can be conducted safely

US Ambassador to Macedonia Kate Byrnes advised that now is not the best time to hold elections, and that they should take place once conditions are met. In her interview with “Nezavisen Vesnik”, Byrnes says that as Macedonia is a parliamentary democracy, it should have a fully functional...
Macedonia 09.05.20 | 15:55

Spike in newly diagnosed Covid-19 cases may doom SDSM push for elections in June

After several days with newly diagnosed coronavirus cases kept under 10 a day, over the past two days Macedonia registers over 30 new cases daily. The escalation of the numbers prompted the committee tasked with preparing recommendations to say that it is not going to suggest relaxing any of the restrictions...
Macedonia 08.05.20 | 15:16

SDSM acts irresponsibly, first it said health is most important and then gave dates for elections, Mickoski tells “Fokus”

You will not hear hypocritical policy from us, that is, to say that we do not want elections, and then give dates to the public as SDSM does, VMRO-DPMNE leader, Hristijan Mickoski said in an interview with “Fokus”. On the one hand, they say health is the most important thing for them, and...
Macedonia 07.05.20 | 21:52

Holding elections in June is impossible mission, Derkovski tells Sitel

There is no chance that the elections will be held in June. The head of the State Election Commission told Sitel that regardless of the wishes of the political parties, the Electoral Code is clear. There must be a time frame of at least 50 days for organizing the elections after they are scheduled. Derkovski...
Macedonia 07.05.20 | 18:05

Thimonier, OSCE / ODIHR: Low turnout compromises elections

The Macedonian government is pushing for snap elections, while France, one of the EU’s leading countries, is seriously considering postponing postponing the second round of the local elections scheduled for June 21. French Ambassador to Macedonia Christian Thimonier told Alfa that the low turnout...
Macedonia 07.05.20 | 14:22

Mickoski calls on Filipce and his team of epidemiologists to ignore political pressures from the SDSM party

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski said that, if healthcare experts make professional recommendations, there is not a chance any of them will support Zoran Zaev’ request for early elections held this summer, shortly after the state of emergency is lifted. We are all seeing how the city of...
World 07.05.20 | 11:52

V4: Poland delays its presidential election because of the coronavirus

Poland’s ruling party PiS said late Wednesday that it plans to delay the country’s presidential election scheduled for Sunday. In a statement, party leader Jarosław Kaczyński said that because of an “anticipated decision by the Supreme Court to invalidate the election the Speaker...
Macedonia 06.05.20 | 22:37

Misajlovski: Healthcare officials should say when it’s safe to hold elections

VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Vladimir Misajlovski said that elections should be held only after healthcare experts agree that it is safe to do so. Misajlovski spoke to Kanal 5 TV at a time when the ruling SDSM party is pushing for elections as soon as possible. Healthcare authorities should say that the...
World 06.05.20 | 19:24

V4: Poland opposition’s move raises constitutional concerns

The opposition-majority Senate on Tuesday night rejected a government proposal to hold the presidential elections on May 10 by mail vote due to the coronavirus pandemic. The opposition would postpone the election, so Lower House Speaker Elzbieta Witek is turning to the Constitutional Court, the V4 news...
Macedonia 06.05.20 | 17:53

Election commission President Derkovski says the work on preparing elections will have to begin from the start

Oliver Derkvoski, the head of the State Electoral Commission (SEC) said that once a new election date is set, the process should begin from the start and will take between 50 and 60 days. This contravenes the request from the ruling SDSM party, which is hoping to hold elections as soon as possible and...
Macedonia 06.05.20 | 11:19

No dilemmas that VMRO-DPMNE will win the elections, but now the priority is the health of the citizens

After the interviews of the leaders of VMRO-DPMNE and SDSM, it became clear that the government is in a hurry for elections. Despite the false self-moderation that hittried to manifest, it is obvious that Zaev wants elections because things are not in his favor, both politically and economically. There...
Macedonia 06.05.20 | 10:39

Memeti: No elections without a serious assessment of the health condition

Without a serious and realistic assessment of the health condition, there are no conditions for holding elections in the country. The director of the Public Health Institute, Shaban Memeti, said on TV Alsat M’s “200” show that the effect of the relaxed measures should be seen first,...
Macedonia 05.05.20 | 22:09

Mickoski: Whenever elections are held, VMRO-DPMNE will win

The leaders’ meeting with President Stevo Pendarovski will be held on May 12, announced the leader of VMRO-DPMNE, Hristijan Mickoski during Tuesday’s interview with TV 24. He maintains the position that now is not the time for elections, but for dealing with the consequences of the coronavirus...
Macedonia 05.05.20 | 20:04

Zaev: Elections should be held as early as July

In an interview with TV 24, SDSM leader, Zoran Zaev, said they would like to hold elections in early July. There is no more important priority than health. We have to have people on the election boards, the citizens have to go to the polls. As responsible politicians, we need to take a stand. No one...
Macedonia 05.05.20 | 13:14

SDSM seems ready to hold elections at any cost

SDSM officials are ramping up their public events in an apparent attempt to create a sense of normalcy, as the party is pushing for elections to be held as soon as possible. After months in which their public schedule was non-existent, Government officials are now out, holding unnecessary public events...
Macedonia 05.05.20 | 10:44

Zaev wants irregular elections complete the dismantling of Macedonia, Cvetanova warns

Zoran Zaev wants irregular elections because he made promises to dismantle Macedonia and all that is Macedonian, warns Ganka Cvetanova, a former top VMRO-DPMNE official. Zaev is a man of his word. He wants to finish all that he promised to do, Cvetanova said. Zaev and his SDSM party are pushing for elections...
Macedonia 04.05.20 | 19:10

Power is not worth having people die for it, Mickoski says, as SDSM keeps pushing for early elections

Opposition leader Hristijan Mickoski insisted that holding power is not worth losing lives over, as the ruling SDSM party is pushing for elections to be held before the epidemic is fully defeated. Elections will be held when conditions are met to hold fair and democratic elections. I don’t want...
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