Skopje, 4 October 2023 (MIA) – VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski urged Prime Minister and SDSM leader Dimitar Kovachevski to hold a leaders’ meeting during which, he said, they would discuss the election process.

“Unfortunately, I have to admit, we are less than six months away from the elections, but the things that are happening today have never happened before. We neither have dialogue with the Government, nor are we discussing a date for elections or the final version of the Electoral Code. And the ODIHR recommendations are clear – the Electoral Code should be finalized six months before elections. There hasn’t even been an invitation for an OSCE/ODIHR election observation mission,” Mickoski told Fokus in an interview.

The opposition leader called for responsibility from the Government, because, he said, “they aren’t in charge of just one issue, there are other important issues that we must discuss as well.”

“As a Prime Minister, Dimitar Kovachevski must hold a meeting with the leader of the opposition. At any moment I am prepared to talk about a date for the presidential elections, for the parliamentary elections, and what will happen with the Electoral Code. You know, there are smaller parties that are asking for a single electoral unit,” said Mickoski.

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