Tag: sdsm
Macedonia 26.11.21 | 09:17

SDSM Central Board to discuss Zaev’s resignation

The SDSM Central Board is to hold a session on Friday to discuss the resignation of party leader Zoran Zaev. The session was originally scheduled for Tuesday, but was postponed after the Government declared three days of national mourning due to the fatal bus accident in Bulgaria. If the resignation...
Macedonia 24.11.21 | 17:01

New developments on Zaev’s resignation expected on Friday

Zoran Zaev is postponing his decision on resigning as Prime Minister and SDSM party leader for Friday. Zaev was supposed to activate the two resignations on Tuesday, but the move was understandably postponed after the devastating bus accident in Bulgaria that killed over 40 Macedonian citizens. Zaev’s...
Macedonia 15.11.21 | 16:08

Attempting to rule without majority in Parliament, SDSM asks for support from VMRO-DPMNE to adopt the 2022 budget

After the strongman tactics used last week to ensure the survival of the Zaev Government, SDSM now asks VMRO-DPMNEto help them adopt the 2022 budget. SDSM doesn’t have majority after the BESA party left its coalition and Zaev is frantically trying to bring another smaller Albanian party – Alternative...
Macedonia 15.11.21 | 14:59

Fokus: SDSM is considering little known Dimitar Kovacevski for new party leader  

The Fokus magazine reports that the SDSM party is considering Deputy Finance Minister Dimitar Kovacevski as its new leader. The name of the little known son of a former Kumanovo Mayor, has been dropped in the past weeks, following the major defeat in the local elections and the announced resignation...
Macedonia 15.11.21 | 12:30

In a rare public comment, Defense Minister Sekerinska says that she considers the Zaev Government still functional

In a rare intervention in domestic politics since she resigned as deputy leader of SDSM, Defense Minister Radmila Sekerinska said that she considers the Zaev Government still functional, and that she believes “the public expects us to confirm our majority in Parliament”. Zaev lost a key coalition...
Macedonia 11.11.21 | 19:12

SDSM expects that the Zaev Government will survive and their majority in Parliament will grow

After a long day of drama in the Parliament, during which a member of Parliament went missing and derailed the vote of no confidence, an SDSM official finally addressed the public. Jovan Mitreski, head of the SDSM group in Parliament, insisted that their majority remains stable and taht they are going...
Macedonia 09.11.21 | 23:39

SDSM party delegates “asked” Zaev to postpone his resignation

Zoran Zaev convened party delegates this evening to give him coverage to postpone his announced resignations as Prime Minister and SDSM party leader. The SDSM Central Board good unanimously to ask Zaev to postpone his resignation, said SDSM official Pero Kostadinov. Given how reluctant Zaev was to make...
Macedonia 09.11.21 | 22:54

Zaev told SDSM party officials he has no intention to resign, will try to survive the vote of no confidence

A number of news outlets close to SDSM are reporting that Zoran Zaev told the Central Board of his party that he will not resign. Zaev announced his resignations as SDSM party leader and Prime Minister after badly losing in the local elections, but then began to delay his move – especially the...
Macedonia 09.11.21 | 20:33

No answer from Spasovski about whether he’ll resign after losing the mayoral race in Kumanovo for SDSM

Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski refused to answer to reporters who were asking him if he also intends to resign after the devastating defeat in the local elections. Spasovski’s personal animosity with the SDSM Mayor of Kumanovo Maksim Dimitrievski forced Dimitrievski to launch an independent...
Macedonia 09.11.21 | 09:35

The announced resignation, the elections and the no-confidence vote expected to be the topics discussed at tonight’s intra-party meetings of SDSM

The announced resignation of the Prime Minister and leader of SDSM Zoran Zaev, analysis of the election results and the latest developments on the political scene after the filed motion for vote of no confidence in the Government, are expected to be the topics discussed at tonight’s meetings of...
Macedonia 08.11.21 | 22:09

SDSM leaders will meet tomorrow as the political crisis deepens

The SDSM Central Board will meet tomorrow evening, to discuss the fast developing political crisis. The party needs to process the resignation Zoran Zaev submitted as party leader, which means that the entire party leadership has also resigned, but it’s not clear how fast they will move on this...
Macedonia 05.11.21 | 16:01

Zaev still hasn’t resigned, SDSM informs that once he does, it will apply to the whole party leadership

Day five since the announced resignation of Prime Minister and SDSM leader Zoran Zaev he still hasn’t deposited the resignation to the Parliament, where VMRO-DPMNE is reportedly launching proceedings for a vote of no confidence. Zaev has also avoided public appearances. In the meantime, his SDSM...
Macedonia 05.11.21 | 10:51

Goran Sugareski is the first top SDSM party official to resign in anticipation of Zaev’s resignation

SDSM party official Goran Sugareski announced his resignation as head of the SDSM Oversight Board, one of the top party institutions. Sugareski’s decision comes after he lost the mayoral race in Prilep, and he is the first official to resign in the anticipation of Zoran Zaev’s resignation...
Macedonia 04.11.21 | 11:31

Former SDSM officials put the odds of VMRO forming a Government at 50-50, ask why others are not following Zaev and resigning

Two former top officials of Zoran Zaev’s SDSM party spoke out about the crisis SDSM is in after the tremendous defeat in the local elections. Frosina Remenski and Aleksandar Kiracovski were removed as SDSM Vice President and Secretary General after it became clear they are involved in the major...
Macedonia 04.11.21 | 10:35

SDSM is now trying to present the local elections disaster as victory for their coalition

Days after his defeat in the local elections, supporters of outgoing Prime Minister and SDSM leader Zoran Zaev came out with a new talking point – that Zaev actually won the elections, if we count the votes of all the parties that are currently in his coalition. Zaev’s SDSM lost all major...
Macedonia 03.11.21 | 21:34

Kasami says government reconstruction needed – DUI and SDSM coalition partners without concrete answer

The leader of the Besa Movement believes that a government reconstruction is needed. Kasami said yesterday on the “Click Plus” show that it is necessary to move the figures in the Government. He added that he would now consider twice whether to vote for the same cabinet again. Kasami did...
Macedonia 03.11.21 | 16:49

SDSM rejects VMRO-DPMNE leader’s call for early elections

SDSM and the government coalition won more votes for councilors from the opposition and therefore the parliamentary majority will not vote for snap early elections because the state is more important than Mickoski’s rage, said SDSM. The ruling party reacted to the claim of the opposition leader...
Macedonia 03.11.21 | 10:33

Zaev will try to keep control of the SDSM party through loyalists, Milososki says

It’s curious why top SDSM party officials are not following Zoran Zaev and announcing their resignations, said VMRO-DPMNE official Antonio Milososki. He pointed to the ruling party’s Secretary General Ljupco Nikolovski, who was head campaign manager in the failed local elections, as a person...
Macedonia 02.11.21 | 10:33

Karakacanov disappointed Zaev didn’t have time to accept Bulgaria’s demands

Bulgarian nationalist Krasimir Karakacanov lamented the fact that Bulgaria did not get Zoran Zaev to accept their demands before he announced his resignation after the local elections defeat. Karakacanov condemned the string of electoral wins for VMRO-DPMNE, given that the party is far less open to accepting...
Macedonia 01.11.21 | 20:20

Despite electoral defeat, SDSM and their coalition partners insist that they want to remain in power

Even though he announced that he intends to resign as Prime Minister and SDSM party leader, Zoran Zaev today assembled his coalition partners to have them declare their support to his continued leadership. Several of his coalition partners, including top DUI officials, said that they asked Zaev to remain...
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