Skopje, 20 February 2024 (MIA) – While the election silence period is underway for the presidential elections, the campaign for the parliamentary elections will continue, said the head of the State Election Commission (SEC), Aleksandar Dashtevski, on Tuesday, clarifying a previous statement.

“Regarding a previous statement of mine, I would like to clarify, since the campaigns for the presidential and parliamentary elections overlap, the law is clear that there will be a period of election silence for the presidential elections from April 22 until April 24. It won’t overlap with the other period of election silence [for the parliamentary elections],” said Dashtevski at an SEC session on Tuesday.

The presidential elections will be held on April 24, while the campaign is set to kick off on April 4 and last through to April 22 when the period of election silence will begin. The parliamentary elections are scheduled for May 8, the campaign will begin on April 18 and last until May 6. During the period of election silence for the presidential elections, the campaign for the parliamentary elections will continue.

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