Tag: mandate
Macedonia 30.05.24 | 22:39

President Siljanovska will appoint a Prime Minister – designate next week

President Gordana Siljanovska – Davkova will give the mandate for the creation of the Government next week. She has until June 7th to appoint the Prime Minister – designate. It’s obvious that this will be VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski, who, depending on the outcome of the...
Macedonia 23.12.21 | 17:05

After Zaev’s resignation, Pendarovski begins a ten days “search” for a new Prime Minister

President Stevo Pendarovski’s office informed the public that they have been formally notified by the Parliament that Zoran Zaev has resigned as Prime Minister. This now initiates the procedure in which Pendarovski needs to give the mandate to form a new Government to the candidate of a coalition...
Macedonia 25.11.21 | 22:31

Government asks for more information regarding the proposal to mandate vaccines on all public sector employees

The Zaev Government today neither approved nor rejected the proposals from the Infectious Diseases Committee, which asked for a strict vaccine mandate for all public sector employees. The proposal would have mandated that all public employees either get vaccinated, or submit frequent negative PCR tests. The...
Macedonia 10.11.21 | 21:41

If a new majority emerges tomorrow, Pendarovski says that he will give it mandate to form a new Government

President Stevo Pendarovski said that, if the Zaev Government is toppled tomorrow and a clear new majority emerges in Parliament, he will give the mandate to a nominated new Prime Minister in ten days, as provided in the Constitution. Pendarovski said that he may convene the leaders of the political...
Macedonia 28.10.20 | 23:24

Parliament orders all citizens to wear masks even when alone in the open

The Macedonian Parliament adopted a law introducing a mask mandate even for citizens who are alone, in the open. The law was stripped of an even more intrusive clause that would’ve banned home gatherings with more than four visitors. After a tense debate, during which the idea to use police to...
Macedonia 15.08.20 | 13:31

VMRO prepares to challenge Zaev’s manndate before the Constitutional Court

VMRO-DPMNE will challenge the decision of Prsident Stevo Pendarovski to gve the mandte for the creation of the next Government before the Constitutional Court. The conservative party says that Pendaroski violatd the Constituton which requires that a candidate has majority in Parliament before the Prsident...
Macedonia 13.08.20 | 13:14

While receiving the mandate, Zaev acknowledged he doesn’t have the votes to form a Government

SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev confirmed that he doesn’t have the votes necessary to from a Government. Today he was given the mandate by President Stevo Pendarovski, during a brief ceremony in Pendarovski’s office, where the President barely gave a few courtesy remarks. Zaev then said that...
Macedonia 13.08.20 | 10:58

Pendarovski set to give the mandate to Zoran Zaev, as doubts remain whether he has the votes

SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev is set to meet with President Stevo Pendarovski later today and receive the mandate to form a new Government. This will give Zaev 20 days to cobble together a majority of 61 votes in Parliament. It is believed that Zaev still doesn’t have a deal with the crucial DUI...
Macedonia 12.08.20 | 22:33

Xhaferi: Mandate is not given through media announcements, it is given with a secured majority in Parliament

After the president of the country, Stevo Pendarovski, announced that tomorrow he will give the mandate for forming a new government to Zoran Zaev, Parliament Speaker, Talat Xhaferi, says that he had no information of a formation of a majority, but since the president is giving the mandate, he had the...
Macedonia 12.08.20 | 20:55

Is Pendarovski giving Zaev additional 20 days to try to secure majority?

The announcement that tomorrow President Stevo Pendarovski will give the mandate to Zoran Zaev to form a government did not surprise anyone. Pendarovski came at the helm of the country as a proposal of SDSM and it was to be expected that Zaev would get the opportunity to try to form a government. But...
Macedonia 12.08.20 | 14:41

Pendarovski will give Zaev the first shot at forming a Government

The office of President Stevo Pendarovski announced that tomorrow he will give the mandate for the creation of a new Government to SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev. According to Pendarovski’s office, the decision is made because the coalition with BESA, led by Zaev, won the most seats in the new Parliament....
Macedonia 12.08.20 | 12:26

Pendarovski says he will give the mandate by Friday

The office of President Stevo Pendarovski announced that he will give the mandate to form the next Government to a candidate who will have majority in Parliament by Friday. A majority in the narrowly divided Parliament has not been announced yet, and while Pendarovski’s political ally Zoran Zaev...
Macedonia 11.08.20 | 20:03

Xhaferi: It would be unconstitutional to entrust a mandate without having an elected Speaker of Parliament

Parliament Speaker, Talat Xhaferi told “TV21” said that according to the Rules of Procedure, it is unconstitutional to give a mandate without having an elected Speaker of Parliament. It is unconstitutional to entrust a mandate without a Speaker of Parliament who will set the other deadlines...
Macedonia 31.07.20 | 10:34

Pendarovski says he will give the mandate to any candidate who assures him he can get to 61 votes

With Parliament set to convene early next week, President Stevo Pendarovski said that he will give the mandate for the creation of the next Government to the candidate who will assure him he can get to 61 votes. Article 90 of the Constitution is crystal clear – the mandate goes to the candidate...
Macedonia 24.07.20 | 09:49

What the Constitution says: The mandate is entrusted to the party that will secure a majority in Parliament

According to the Constitution, the Parliament should be constituted no later than 20 days after the elections and the deadline is already running. The President of the state is obliged to entrust the mandate to form a government to a candidate of the party, ie the parties that have a majority in Parliament,...
Macedonia 22.07.20 | 17:26

Pendarovski will consult with the parties before deciding who gets the mandate

President Stevo Pendarovski said that he will meet with the leaders of the political parties before he decides to give the mandate for the creation of the next Government. The two main parties, VMRO-DPMNE and SDSM, and virtually tied after the elections, and none has a clear shot at forming the next...
Macedonia 23.05.19 | 10:32

Zaev attempts to strip Gruevski of his mandate in Parliament

A Parliament Committee is set to begin the discussion on whether to strip former Prime Minister and VMRO leader Nikola Gruevski of his parliamentary mandate. Gruevski received political asylum in Hungary after the years of persecution at the hands of the Zaev regime. Now the ruling majority in Parliament...

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