Tag: elections
Macedonia 04.05.20 | 14:11

Mickoski: Elections will be held once conditions are created, I do not want to form government while counting coronavirus victims

Elections will be held once the conditions for fair and democratic elections are provided, VMRO-DPMNE, Hristijan Mickoski said on Monday. He says he does not want to form government at a time when coronavirus  victims are being counted. On how to proceed without elections, he says they expect to agree...
Macedonia 04.05.20 | 13:48

Zaev says the first opportunity for elections should be seized

The state should seize the first opportunity to hold the elections because, if the experts in the world predict a second coronavirus wave, who knows when the second opportunity will be, SDSM President Zoran Zaev said Monday on Slobodna TV’s “Utrinski brifing” show. He says that elections are necessary...
Macedonia 04.05.20 | 11:25

Even with 19 coronavirus deaths in just one week, Zaev wants elections

SDSM is rapidly preparing for elections. Although all sides point out that now is not the time for elections and that the only priority should be the health of the people, Zaev and his associates think only about elections. And not only do they think, but they are serious about organizing the elections...
Macedonia 03.05.20 | 15:23

The Government puts human lives at risk: Zaev wants elections with low turnout and voter fraud

The government is not giving up its intention to organize elections immediately after the state of emergency is lifted. Although the situation with the coronavirus is not subsiding and we have new cases and deaths every day, all SDSM can think about is elections. Moreover, it is still uncertain whether...
Macedonia 02.05.20 | 21:13

Filice: The Commission for Infectious Diseases, not the Government, will say when elections will be held

The Minister of Health, Venko Filipce, said Saturday on TV “Telma” that a date will be set for the elections only when the Commission for Infectious Diseases approves it. He stressed that also other future proposals will be based on expert arguments, analysis of the number of patients, the...
Macedonia 01.05.20 | 09:37

Mickoski: Elections are not a priority, but people’s health

VMRO-DPMNE’s priority is the health of the people, then the economy to recover and restore people’s self-confidence after all these lockdowns, the leader of VMRO-DPMNE, Hristijan Mickoski said late Thursday on TV Alfa’s “Zaspij ako mozes” show. The top three priorities don’t include...
Macedonia 30.04.20 | 21:19

Memedi: Measures will be further relaxed, we are going on the path to victory over Covid-19, but it’s too early to hold elections

Public Health Institute (PHI) director Shaban Memedi says the country can be more relaxed only when the number of daily COVID-19 cases drops below 10. Measures will be further relaxed but recommendations must be observed, primarily wearing masks and social distancing, Memedi told TV 24. He says “we...
Macedonia 30.04.20 | 17:47

Rallies will not be held, people to vote with masks and gloves: SDSM is preparing for elections

People will go to the polls wearing face masks and gloves, when the parliamentary elections are held, announced the General Secretary of SDSM Ljupco Nikolovski. At Thursday’s press conference, answering a reporter’s question about how the elections will be conducted in the midst of the COVID-19...
Macedonia 30.04.20 | 17:26

Filipce: Other activities, elections to be planned once the number of infections drops

Health Minister Venko Filipce told Thursday’s press conference that other activities could be planned once the transmission factor drops below 1, which is currently the case in the country. Minister Filipce said elections have not been on the agenda of meetings of the Commission for Infectious Diseases. He...
Macedonia 30.04.20 | 10:34

VMRO says “no” to having “corona elections” while Macedonia has the highest death rate in the Balkans

Even using the hopelessly dated 2002 census, which placed its population at two million, Macedonia still has the worst Covid-19 death rate per capita in the Balkans with 34 deaths per million. The actual rate is believed to be much higher, given the emigration out of the country since 2002 and the middling...
Macedonia 28.04.20 | 21:43

Culev: Citizens’ health a priority, COVID-19 developments to determine date of elections

The most important thing at the moment is the health of the citizens. There is still a high risk of spreading Covid-19. At the moment, all intellectual and institutional capacities must be concentrated in getting out of this Covid-19 crisis as quickly as possible. The handling of the COVID-19 crisis...
Macedonia 28.04.20 | 09:46

State Electoral Commission head says he can’t just resume work on the elections without a new date being agreed

Oliver Derkvoski, President of the State Electoral Commission, said that cant just resume work on preparing elections. The SEC was preparing a vote on April 12, but they were ordered to stop preparations as the coronavirus spread. But the elections were never officially called off, the Parliament is...
Macedonia 26.04.20 | 21:04

Filipce denies reports that the Government is preparing for early elections

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce denied media reports that the SDSM led Government is preparing for speedy elections, even before the epidemic has been fought back. The push by SDSM to recall the dissolved Parliament has sparked speculations that the ruling party has decided to set a new date for the...
Macedonia 25.04.20 | 10:36

Public health and the economy, not holding elections, is our priority, VMRO leader says

VMRO-DPMNE will be driven by public health considerations and not political interests as a way out of the poltiical crisis is sought, opposition leader Hristijan Mickoski said. He was discussing a push by the ruling SDSM party to re-convene the dissolved Parliament which, Mickoski said, is apparently...
Macedonia 24.04.20 | 21:29

Is SDSM preparing for “corona elections” in June?

The push by the ruling SDSM party to re-convene the Parliament, after it was dissolved in mid February, has sparked speculations about their motives. SDSM got 35 of its members of Parliament, and from its allied parties – excluding DUI – to sign on to a proposal to hold a session of the Parliament,...
Macedonia 23.04.20 | 15:37

Nikoloski: SDSM’s push to hold elections during an epidemic is inhuman

VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski said that the Parliament is already dissolved and there is no constitutional option to have it re-called. VMRO-DPMNE rejects the attempt by the ruling SDSM party to re-call the Parliament, which was made yesterday, saying that setting a date for elections...
Macedonia 23.04.20 | 14:37

DUI didn’t sign on to SDSM’s initiative to re-call the Parliament

Members of Parliament from the DUI party did not sign on to the request to re-call the Parliament. The letter sent to Speaker Talat Xhaferi is signed by 35 members of Parliament, coming from the ruling SDSM party, its coalition members, several smaller ethnic Albanian parties and the blackmailed group...
Macedonia 22.04.20 | 20:52

Zaev is pushing for elections in the midst of an epidemic

The ruling SDSM party seems determined to make a move on the political scene – by pushing for a recall of the Parliament that dissolved in mid February. There is no legal option to recall the Parilament once it dissolves to make way for general elections, but SDSM has asked its representatives...
Macedonia 20.04.20 | 10:13

No Parliament, no elections: Macedonia is in legislative limbo

The decision of the Constitutional Court not to discuss the dissolution of the Parliament brought Macedonia into a serious legal quandary. Parliament is dissolved and elections were supposed to be held on April 12, but they were called off because of the coronavirus epidemic. An attempt by the main political...
Macedonia 28.03.20 | 12:15

Zaev sees elections in June at the earliest

SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev said that the earliest time when elections can be held in Macedonia would be June. Macedonia was gearing up for early elections on April 12 and although they are officially still not called off, preparations have stopped after all parties agreed to postpone them. Zaev said...
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