Tag: elections

For VMRO-DPMNE the elections ended on the 11th of December, we are the winners and we are going to form the new government, informed the party this evening with a brief press release after the end of the re-vote at the municipality of Tearce, polling station 2011. “Today we, including the public, have found out that regardless of all...

The Ambassador of the Netherlands, Wouter Plomp appeared as a guest on the show "360 degrees", and stated all countries whose ambassadors had obituaries published on the social network "Imgur," called Macedonian ambassadors in their countries and requested an explanation about this diplomatic scandal. “Honestly, when I first saw them, I wasn’t bothered too much. But when the ministry became...

Tomorrow at polling station 2011, at the "Kiril Pejcinovic" primary school in Tearce, people will vote again after the Administrative Court decided to annul the voting that took place at the polling station. Three days ago, the State Election Commission unanimously decided a re-vote was necessary because simulations conducted by their IT sector showed that a revote could affect the...

Almost two weeks after the elections, when everyone knows the election results, Zoran Zaev is still trying to manipulate, said Antonio Milososki, a member of the Executive Committee of VMRO-DPMNE at a press conference. “It’s not that Zaev does not know who won and who lost the elections, he knows very well, but we assume that someone higher up, who...

In its analysis “The People Have Decided” the Konrad Adenauer Foundation of the ruling German conservative party CDU, led by chancellor Angela Merkel, has expressed severe criticism for the non-democratic behavior of its “sister” party in Macedonia – VMRO-DPMNE because of its refusal to reform itself, the ignoring of the state institutions and because of the criticism towards foreign...

The founder and President of the Besa movement, Bilal Kasami, met with Ambassador of the Netherlands, Wouter Plomp, where they discussed the conditions for the eventual participation of Besa in the constitution of the new government. “We demand that the mandate of the Special Public Prosecutor's Office is extended, a possibility to establish a special court and return Macedonia on...

The Besa movement will not submit an appeal to the Administrative Court after the decisions made by the State Election Commission to reject seven of the eight complaints over the electoral process. "The bodies of the party assessed not to file an appeal with the Administrative Court because we doubt the court's independence and know their decision in advance", stated...

Today, the ad hoc media commission decided not to initiate any infringement proceedings against the media for the last ten regarding reporting on the election campaign. The Commission rejected two proposals for the initiation of proceedings, and like in most cases, the Commission unanimously voted against initiating any procedures. At this session, evaluation of the work of televisions and radios regarding the elections ended. According to reports,...

The State Election commission this afternoon accepted a complaint by Besa and abolished the votes at a polling station in Gostivar where someone who has signed instead of Fatime Sulejmani as was stated by an official graphologist. -With 6 votes for and 3 against, Besa’s complaint was accepted. I find that SEC has brought a decision that the vote...

Last night during a protest by supporters of the VMRO-DPMNE before the State Election Commission, where members were reviewing complaints and objections made by the parties during the elections, on social networks, lists of names and addresses appeared of some of the protesters from the "Colourful Revolution". Along with the lists, there were calls urging VMRO-DPMNE supporters to "visit"...

“After election day, I have not seen, nor heard from Zaev, although I was expecting him to congratulate us on our win. But, it turns out that he does not have the strength for that. In the past, of course, occasionally, when it was necessary, we met or spoke over phone. On Saturday before the election, Oliver Spasovski first...

Stojance Velickovic, the Chief of Police in Kumanovo, who the police tried to arrest tonight, was released after the police, on the orders from the Public Prosecutor's Office searched his home. Velickovic claims that police entered his home at 16:40 pm, executed a search of his property and were specifically looking for documents and records from the elections. “They came at 16:40pm,...

President Gjorge Ivanov has expressed his contentment regarding the early parliamentary elections and believes that these elections will contribute to the end of the political crisis and will present a start of the national conciliation in Macedonia. "I want to congratulate the parties that have won the biggest number of votes in these elections, to the winners, and to congratulate...

The American State Department commended the Elections in Macedonia as the first important step for the solution of the political crisis and has called on the new government to work constructively in the implementation of the reforms that are significant for a Euro-Atlantic integration. We commend the citizens of Macedonia who exercised their right to vote in the 11 December...

It is high time the State Election Commission (SEC) announces the final results of the parliamentary elections and it is high time after a night and day for the SEC to announce the seats, stated this afternoon Vlatko Gjorcev the top candidate of VMRO-DPMNE list for Constituency 6 at a press conference. “It is clear that VMRO-DPMNE won. It is...

The Election Day happened went well and if there are complaints, the institutions and the state will have to deal with them, as was said by the OSCE’s special representative, Roberto Battelli, during the presentation of the preliminary results concerning the election process. In the joint statement issued by the international observers, it is stressed that the citizens have...

The US Embassy welcomed the OSCE/ODIHR’s preliminary conclusions that the elections were competitive and that fundamental freedoms were generally respected. The turnout was high, and the elections proceeded in a calm and orderly manner, with few cases of procedural irregularities. "We echo their concerns about the administrative preparations for elections and urge the next government to continue to work to...

Even though the State Election Commission announced the results according to the number of votes (VMRO DPMNE has won 452.709 votes or 38, 06 % and SDSM has 436.469 votes or 36, 69) no one, even the political parties do not dare to make a projection how that will precisely will be translated into a number of mandates i.e....

This is the tenth election victory in a row for VMRO-DPMNE, and the tenth time in a row the majority of citizens in Macedonia voted and supported the VMRO-DPMNE party and our program, our vision, our team and the way we work, said the leader of VMRO-DPMNE Nikola Gruevski tonight from the party’s headquarters. “I thank those citizens who have...

The regime has fallen. Let the whole world understand, Macedonia has written world history, the regime fell by the pen, by the vote, said SDSM leader Zoran Zaev to citizens outside the Government. “Good evening my Macedonia. Good evening winners. What happened today in Macedonia will be written in the history books. Dear citizens, currently the opposition led by SDSM...