Skopje, 30 October 2025 (MIA) - The VMRO-DPMNE candidate for mayor of Skopje, Orce Gjorgjievski, at Thursday evening’s final rally ahead of Sunday’s second round of local elections, called on the city’s citizens to turn out and vote and send a message that Skopje chooses work and a person who knows, can, and has shown how to care for their city.

“We stand united as the final decision approaches. This decision concerns the future of our city, the city we want for ourselves and the one we want for our children. Skopje is tired of chaos, pollution, traffic jams that steal hours of our lives, empty promises, and inefficiency,” Gjorgjievski said.

He emphasized that Skopje is a city with serious, deep-rooted problems, and these problems cannot be solved with guesswork or empty phrases; they require serious, experienced, and urgent solutions. 

“Skopje, dear citizens, does not need experiments. It does not need people who are just learning what local self-government is. It does not need people who are only now discovering what a General Urban Plan is, what a Detailed Urban Plan is, what a feasibility study is, what a main project is, or what budget planning entails,” Gjorgjievski stated.

He added that the city needs someone who knows what they are doing from day one, because Skopje has no time to waste, nor time for learning.”

“We don’t have time for someone to just start learning how many schools there are in Skopje, how many enterprises exist, which boulevards run through the capital, or where the neighborhoods are located. Over the past four years, we have proven how to get things done, and just a few days ago, in a debate, their ignorance, false modesty, and excessive ambition suffered a complete debacle,” Gjorgjievski said.

In his address to the citizens of Skopje, Gjorgjievski noted that he is now seeking their trust based on the results he has delivered. He pointed out that for Kisela Voda, he promised 70 kilometers of paved streets, and delivered; he promised new kindergartens and that was realized, while the waiting lists have been reduced to zero.

Gjorgjievski said they have a clear plan, with hundreds of projects in their program, and that they know how to solve the traffic collapse.

Photo: VMRO-DPMNE