Tag: early parliamentary elections

The OSCE / ODIHR Mission to Skopje’s final report on the parliamentary elections scheduled for December 11 stated that regardless of official election campaign which began on November 21 and should end 24 hours before election day, most political parties had began to mobilize their electorate before this period, by organizing events and implementing campaigns from their headquarters. The report...

German Ambassador to Macedonia, Christine Althauser, said that the upcoming elections in Macedonia are a particularly important event, especially in overcoming the two-year political crisis. “In three weeks elections in Macedonia will take place, it is a very important event. It is very important that this process is conducted fairly, in regular manner and will finish well. On December 11,...

If we want to have a process of stabilization of the situation in Macedonia the Special Public Prosecutor will have to continue to operate professionally, responsibly, transparently and with full steam ahead, and after the elections a new deal for forming a special department within the Criminal court will be made, which will process SPP’s cases. This was emphasized...

Today in Prilep, the EU Ambassador, expressed hope that the upcoming elections, which he said are very important for the country, will be conducted in a fair and credible manner. “We expect good elections and we expect the new government to seriously engage in implementing serious reforms. We expect straight after the elections that an internal momentum will be created, and...

Today political parties started their campaigns for parliamentary elections scheduled for December 11, 2016. On television from this morning propaganda videos started up and portals have already uploaded banners from the parliamentary lists. VMRO-DPMNE and VMRO for Macedonia will start their campaign trails in Ohrid, SDSM in Ohrid and DUI in Lipkovo. VMRO for Macedonia will begin their campaign from tomorrow, November...

Zaev's fear is now greater than before, especially when he realized that after December the 11th, not only will SDSM be completely defeated at the elections but he will have to bear the direct and personal responsibility for everything he has done to the Republic of Macedonia, stated VMRO-DPMNE in their reaction to the written announcement by SDSM leader, Zoran...

The VMRO-DPMNE leader, Nikola Gruevski, tonight through his official "Facebook" profile announced that the general election battle against SDSM leader, Zoran Zaev will take place in the fourth constituency. He further stated that on December 11, together with the people, they will face Zaev with reality. The ruling VMRO-DPMNE, a few moment ago submitted to the SEC their lists of...

This afternoon the ruling VMRO-DPMNE who heads the Coalition for a Better Macedonia, will promote the lists of candidates for MPs for the upcoming early parliamentary elections scheduled for December 11, in "Metropolis Arena", "Meta" has learned. VMRO-DPMNE confirmed the location, but the official confirmation of the timing of the event is yet to announced . Last night, about an hour before...

The State Election Committee has to check and confirm the candidate lists until Sunday midnight that the political parties have submitted for the forthcoming parliamentary elections set for 11th of December i.e. 48 hours after the lists’ submissions. In case of irregularities by the members of SEC, the participants in the elections will have to remove them in a period...

A total of 1,011 citizens have applied through the electronic application on the official website of the State Election Commission (SEC), to vote in the early parliamentary elections in diplomatic consular representations. The Commission said that from the 1,011 applicants, 515 were accepted, 32 were rejected and 464 are still under review. “The State Election Commission calls on all citizens who...

Parliament Speaker, Trajko Veljanoski has signed the decision to call early parliamentary elections, which will be held on December 11, reports his Cabinet. "With this act, we return the mandate again to the people, who are the only supreme and most legitimate authority to judge, evaluate and decide which political option should receive the honour, and also the obligation to lead...

Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the German Foreign Minister welcomed the agreement that the Macedonian parties reached following lengthy endeavours, many rounds of negotiations and talks – to hold early elections on December 11. "The consensus is in keeping with the Pržino Agreement of June 2015. It is now crucial to implement the agreement on further procedures until the elections credibly and rapidly....

The parties and institutions, two weeks after the representatives from the four political parties reached an agreement for an interim government to organize elections, have fulfilled all the deadlines outlined in the agreement. What remains: August 18 – Final deadline for the disputable voters to report to the SEC August 19 – The formation of an ad hoc body to regulate the...

Embassy of Slovakia in Macedonia today welcomed the agreement reached by the political parties to pull Macedonia out of the political crisis. “The Slovak Presidency of the Council of the EU welcomes the inter-party consensus reached on July 20 in Skopje. Full, without delay and in good will implementation of what was agreed is crucial for reverting the crisis situation...