Tag: sdsm
Macedonia 12.12.21 | 14:36

Low turnout as SDSM party members choose who will replace Zoran Zaev

Key figures in SDSM voted in today’s election for a new party leader, amid low turnout and drop in interest. SDSM had the number of registered voters drop by more than 17,000, down to about 51,000, from the election in March, when Zaev was named party leader. Turnout by 11h today was just 12 percent,...
Macedonia 12.12.21 | 13:34

LDP leader Milevski says that the Alternative party blackmailed the Government, will prepare his own list of demands for SDSM

LDP party leader Goran Milevski said that his party, and their ally DOM will submit a list of their positions to SDSM, once this party elects a new leader and proposes a new Government, and depending on their answer, will determine whether they will remain in the coalition. LDP and DOM have three seats...
Macedonia 12.12.21 | 12:31

SDSM leadership election: Turnout was 12 percent at 11h

SDSM official Viktorija Madic said that the party wide vote to elect a new leader, who will replace Zoran Zaev, is proceeding well today. All 194 polling stations across the country opened at 8 in the morning, Madic said, and until 11h turnout was 12 percent. About 51,000 party members registered to...
Macedonia 12.12.21 | 11:50

Zaev’s term as SDSM party leader comes to an end

SDSM members are scheduled to hold a party wide vote today to elect a new leader. With this, the 12 years term of Zoran Zaev as leader of the party comes to an end. In his term, Zaev funded the party using his various businesses, and then organized the 2015 Colored Revolution, during which with significant...
Macedonia 11.12.21 | 21:46

Zaev’s term as SDSM party leader ends tomorrow

On Sunday, SDSM is scheduled to hold a party wide vote to elect a new leader. With this, the 12 years term of Zoran Zaev as leader of the party comes to an end. In his term, Zaev funded the party using his various businesses, and then organized the 2015 Colored Revolution, during which with significant...
Macedonia 11.12.21 | 14:36

In less than a year, SDSM “lost” 17,000 party members

In less than a year, the number of SDSM party members who registered to vote for a new leader dropped by 17,000. SDSM elected Zoran Zaev as leader in March, in its first even mass vote in which all party members were eligible. This election had 68,999 registered voters and about 62,000 of them voted. But...
Macedonia 10.12.21 | 17:26

Alliance of Albanians blames the SDSM – DUI led Government of wasting another EU opportunity

The Alliance of Albanians accused the SDSM – DUI led Government of missing another opportunity for Macedonia to open its EU accession talks. Bulgaria is expected to block Macedonia again, at the coming European Council on December 14th, as it demands major concessions from Macedonia in the area...
Macedonia 09.12.21 | 22:17

DUI expects that SDSM will honor their agreement to name an ethnic Albanian Prime Minister for a term of 100 days

Zaev’s First Deputy Prime Minister Artan Grubi said that his DUI party expects to have an ethnic Albanian candidate named Prime Minister in the last 100 days of its term with SDSM. The agreement was reached between Zoran Zaev and DUI leader Ali Ahmeti as they made their new coalition deal in mid...
Macedonia 06.12.21 | 15:02

ISPOS poll: Convincing lead of VMRO-DPMNE over SDSM of 7.2%

For the needs of VMRO-DPMNE, the ISPOS Agency from November 12 to 30, 2021 conducted a field survey on the territory of the entire country, on a stratified representative sample of 1,010 respondents. The results show: • Convincing lead of VMRO-DPMNE over SDSM of 7.2%. • The prevailing opinion is...
Macedonia 03.12.21 | 14:13

Jovan Despotovski will also run for SDSM party leader

Jovan Despotovski is the final SDSM party official who entered the race to replace Zoran Zaev. The director of the TIRZ industrial zones company told the press that he submitted his application hours before the deadline ends. I have been a member of the party for 25 years and have been at various positions,...
Macedonia 03.12.21 | 10:11

Maksim Dimitrievski will not run for leader of SDSM

The Mayor of Kumanovo Maksim Dimitrievski said that he will not run for leader of the SDSM party with the withdrawal of Zoran Zaev. Dimitrievski had a major falling out with Zaev and launched an independent bid for Mayor, defeating Zaev’s candidate and depriving SDSM from the city hall in Kumanovo...
Macedonia 02.12.21 | 17:33

Yet another SDSM member to run for party leader

The SDSM party informed that Vlastimir Aleksovski also submitted his candidacy for leader of the party to the Central Election Commission. Vlastimir Aleksovski is a member and activist of SDSM from the municipal organization of the party from Kumanovo. After analyzing the submitted documentation and...
Macedonia 01.12.21 | 12:37

Frosina Remenski announces she will run for SDSM party leader

Former Labour Minister Frosina Remenski announced that she is entering the race for SDSM leader. Remenski was ostracized in the party after numerous corruption allegations for her role in the Racket scandal. She is currently on trial in the second Racket case, although it’s widely assumed that...
Macedonia 29.11.21 | 13:23

Filipce won’t run for SDSM party leader

Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce announced that he will not run for SDSM party leader. Filipce was a rising star of the Zaev Government at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, even though he was not a prominent party member. But as the death toll in Macedonia set European records and reports of his...
Macedonia 27.11.21 | 20:24

Kovacevski confirmed he will run for SDSM party leader, expects to get support from Sekerinska and from Crvenkovski’s faction

Deputy Finance Minister Dimitar Kovacevski confirmed that he will run for leader of the SDSM party, after Zoran Zaev, who is on his way out, endorsed the little known former telecom executive. The party is now accepting candidacies, and anyone who has been an SDSM member for more than five years, and...
Macedonia 27.11.21 | 16:29

Kumanovo Mayor Dimitrievski angry as SDSM did not invite him to the meeting to formalize Zaev’s resignation

Kumanovo Mayor Maksim Dimitrievski protested the fact that the SDSM party did not invite him to the meeting of its Central Board yesterday evening. Dimitrievski considers himself as still a member of the party, despite his confrontation with Zoran Zaev and his Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski during...
Macedonia 27.11.21 | 11:09

Zaev’s resignation is finally activated, SDSM will elect a new leader in two weeks

The SDSM party Central Board accepted Zoran Zaev’s resignation as party leader. In a meeting that started yesterday evening and lasted well into the night, Zaev finally activated his announced resignation, which he postponed several times. Party sources briefed the press that all officials at a...
Macedonia 26.11.21 | 10:10

SDSM membership does not agree that the new leader should be prime minister, much less that they should be Zaev’s choice

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 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...
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