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Gruevski and Zaev, Both Ready for Elections, All that Remains is a Date

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The leaders of the VMRO-DPMNE and the SDSM, Nikola Gruevski and Zoran Zaev, confirmed this weekend that the two largest political parties in Macedonia are ready and prepared for elections, and both have said the sooner the better. According to the former Prime Minister and the leader of the ruling party, this way they can cut costs to the economy and the citizens.

Since the two leaders addressed the public, they left the impression that the elections have already been agreed upon, and all that remains is a specific date.

The media have speculated that the date for elections will be agreed upon at the meeting with US Assistant Secretary of State, Victoria Nuland who will be visiting Skopje in early July.

The leader of the ruling party, at his speech at the 25th Conference of the Union for Young Forces (UMS) of the VMRO-DPMNE, said the VMRO-DPMNE are certain winners at the next election, whenever they are held.

“The later the elections are held, the punishment for the SDSM will be higher because of their politics, they have caused damage to citizens rights. In the next four or ten months, whatever, Macedonia will end this political game and political smear campaign. At elections, the peoples’ confidence will be on VMRO-DPMNE’s side”, said Gruevski.

The opposition leader, however, said that the SDSM are ready for elections, but that they must meet key conditions.

“We are the only party who in December brought an election program to Congress, ready to set up headquarters and begin the election campaign … If the people decide to honour the SDSM as number one party in Macedonia, then yes,I will certainly grab that honour to show results”, said Zaev.

According to him, fair and credible elections are possible this autumn, if both conditions of the Pržino Agreement are met – the cleansing of the voters’ lists and the regulation of the media.

“He (Gruevski) does not want the government to remove its political claws it has in the Council of the Agency for Media and the Macedonian Radio and Television (MRTV). We gave other initiatives, with the ultimate goal – to end this crisis swiftly, through regular, free and fair elections”, said Zaev.

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