Skopje, 24 January 2024 (MIA) - The session on election of the caretaker government will be scheduled for Sunday, followed the election of additional deputy ministers and verification of a new lawmaker. Prime Minister Dimitar Kovachevski and Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi, who is the caretaker PM-designate, will resign on Thursday.

"Tomorrow is D-Day for the resignations. The PM will submit the resignation to me in the capacity of Speaker, and I will then notify the President that the Government has resigned. I will authorize Vice-Speaker Goran Misovski to chair the session on Friday and then resign," Speaker Xhaferi told reporters.

On Friday, lawmakers will verify the resignations of the PM and the Government, and then put forward a new item on the agenda - election of a new Speaker, in this case Jovan Mitreski. After his election, the new Speaker will notify the President that he has been elected to the post by the majority in the Parliament. In the course of the day, President Stevo Pendarovski will give the mandate to the caretaker PM-designate.

On Saturday, Xhaferi is set to submit a program and composition of the caretaker government to the Parliament, whereas the session on the government's election should be scheduled for Sunday. Another session on election of the additional deputy ministers and a new MP will follow.

On VMRO-DPMNE's announcements that its lawmakers would not vote for him as caretaker PM, Xhaferi said "I am not overly concerned about how someone votes".

Photo: Screenshot