Tag: early elections

American Ambassador Jess Baily in front of the EU-Info Centre stated that it was a good decision that an agreement has been reached on early parliamentary elections to be held on June 5th, and he pointed out that if everyone works with dedication and play by the rules, the elections can be credible and to put an end to the...

The leader of the SDSM Zoran Zaev at a press conference stated that the decision to postpone the dissolution of Parliament is just further proof that Nikola Gruevski has been defeated. “The VMRO-DPMNE and the DUI's decision to postpone the dissolution of Parliament is just further proof that Nikola Gruevski has been defeated. After all the lies, the fraud, the spite, he...

With 83 votes in favour and just 3 'against' Parliament passed the amendments to its decision to dissolve itself. The Legislature, in accordance with last night's decision, should be dissolved on April 7, or 60 days prior to forthcoming election date. MPs, without any SDSM members, voted on changes to the Electoral Code, which has set June 5th as...

European Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, tonight through his Twitter account said that substance and quality are more important than the date for the elections. "Skopje #Przhino Agreement: Substance and quality are more important than the election date. Read the letter tonight #EU-#US submitted to Prime Minister #Dimitirev + political leaders, "Hahn wrote on “Twitter”. https://twitter.com/JHahnEU/status/701482440817254400 https://twitter.com/JHahnEU/status/701485373927649282 His reaction...

The expected Assessment on whether the right conditions exist for holding elections on April 24 is unlikely to be announced today, "Meta" has discovered. According to a senior diplomat, the final text of the joint statement is still being prepared in Brussels and Washington. Talks are ongoing between political parties at a local level. EU Ambassador's Orav and US Ambassador Jess...

The EU delegation at the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna called on political parties in Macedonia to fully implement the Przhino Agreement. “The European Union recalls the great importance it attaches to the full implementation of the 2 June 2015 political agreement and its 15 July 2015 Protocol (the “Przino agreement”) between the four main political parties in order to...

Dutch Ambassador Wouter Plomp said that the Przhino Agreement should be implemented and to be completely fulfilled, not just formally. “All aspects of the Przhino Agreement should be respected and implemented, and the conduct of free, fair and inclusive elections is one of them. This political agreement or any other agreement is not about ticking off boxes, but about the...

The British Embassy in Macedonia in a statement called upon political leaders to reach a consensus on outstanding issues in order to ensure fair and democratic elections. “Considerable work remains to be done to bring about credible elections, notably on the voters’ list and to create a level playing field in the media. Progress on reforms so far has been based...

European Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn, today urged Macedonian political leaders to implement the Przhino Agreement. “It would be great if elections would be conducted in this spirit, where everyone is committed. In any case the political players in the country should stick to to the Agreement of June / July”, Hahn said before the Foreign...

More than 70 civil society organizations, platforms and initiatives today sent a letter to Commissioner Johannes Hahn and other international active officials about resolving the political crisis, where they have pointed out that at this current point in time, key requirements have not been met and that the atmosphere is not favorable for holding free, fair and democratic elections. “ We, the...

The leader of SDSM will not confirm nor deny the speculations that parliamentary elections will be held in late June this year. In a statement to "Meta" he went as far to say that "we might conclude that September is an ideal date," but emphasized that there is still no agreement to move the elections, and said, that the decision...

Today, Prime Minister Gruevski announced that he would resign before January 15 in order to fulfill the Przhino Agreement. “In accordance with the agreement, on 15 January a new government will be elected with a new Prime Minister for the conduct of elections. Of course, before my resignation, VMRO-DPMNE will announce who will be President of the Provisional Government when they have decided. That...

Public opinion polling in Greece, taken three weeks before the early elections, show the race for Government will be very narrow and that the winner is not going to enjoy majority in parliament, which is going to be even more divided than the current one. Results from the six polls that were released over the weekend, show that the leftist...

Past meetings of leaders of political parties for resolving the political crisis and the documents arising from them, as well as meetings with representatives of the international community, have brought some schedule in the activities until early elections in April 2016. According to it, the following dates and deadlines are certain: On 29th of June Leadership meeting at which the parties will...

"This is the first defeat of Gruevski. We will leave with muzzles and drums when he resigns" this was the comment of the campers in front of the Government to today’s decision for early parliamentary elections, which leaders of political parties VMRO-DPMNE, SDSM, DUI and DPA agreed along with EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn. Both camps await the final decision...

If transitional government is not arranged by 10th of June, the agreement for elections in April is canceled, reports "Nova TV". After the long and tense meeting between the leaders of SDSM, VMRO-DPMNE, DUI and DPA with Commissioner Johannes Hahn and US Ambassador Jess Bailey, who joined them later, it was announced that early parliamentary elections in April next year...

Although currently both major parties deny or reject the idea they are preparing for elections, the situation on field is quite different. This speculation was strengthened by SDSM with the last event in the "Universal Hall", which was called a forum, but which was different from all their previous public appearances. Namely, in some of the speeches (mainly in...