Skopje, 8 June 2023 (MIA) - At the leaders’ meeting with Prime Minister and SDSM leader Dimitar Kovachevski, VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski proposed September 24, October 1 or October 8 as dates for early parliamentary elections or a broad coalition government, as well as protected identity and rapid European integration.

Is it more likely that there will be elections or a broad government with SDSM for the constitutional amendment process, Mickoski said that VMRO-DPMNE is "ready elections to be held faster.”

“But unfortunately, we don't have 61 lawmakers in the Parliament, which would dissolve it,” Mickoski said late Thursday in an interview with Sitel TV.

He reiterated that he will support constitutional amendments only if they have a delayed effect, that is, if they come into force when the country becomes a member of the European Union. Otherwise, Mickoski said, VMRO-DPMNE "does not intend to support any constitutional amendments that will mean uncertainty in the negotiation process."

“That proposal will be submitted to the office of the European Union and the United States and they will be the guarantor of that process that Macedonia will implement amendments to its Constitution on the day when the ratification of the accession protocol by the EU member states begins,” Mickoski said.

When asked why they would not be with DUI in a broad coalition government and whether cooperation with SDSM means that it legitimizes the policies of Kovachevski's party, Mickoski answered that "SDSM is a tenant in its Government" and that "policies in the Government are de facto led by DUI".

Asked if VMRO-DPMNE "will be forced" to form a government with Ali Ahmeti's party, if DUI wins the next elections in the Albanian political bloc, Mickoski said, "the rule of winner with winner has long ceased to apply."