Skopje, 23 November 2023 (MIA) - Prime Minister Dimitar Kovachevski said Thursday there is enough room to administer regular presidential and parliamentary elections in May 2024, noting that all details related to the elections will be defined at a meeting in the Parliament over the course of December.

On the caretaker government, PM Kovachevski said it is a legal obligation to have one 100 days prior to elections.

"There are two decisions to be taken on the elections. One relates to the Electoral Code amendments by incorporating all OSCE/ODIHR remarks, and a working group is active in this regard. I believe that an Electoral Code that includes these recommendations will be unveiled very soon, thus building on the democratic elections in recent cycles, unlike the 11-year period (of the previous authorities), when the elections were seen as undemocratic," Kovachevski told reporters.

He said next month's meeting in Parliament would define all details related to the elections.

"This is the same as in the past. Next year, North Macedonia will administer elections in line with the laws and the Constitution," said Kovachevski.

Regarding joint lists of candidates with DUI at the parliamentary elections, the PM said this is a decision for political parties to make and subject of coalition agreements, and "something that cannot be discussed with certainty at this moment".