Skopje, 18 December 2023 (MIA) – VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski said he believes the party he heads should participate in the caretaker government, but also abstain in the vote for it in Parliament. In the coming days, he said, the party’s bodies will adopt a position.

“My position is that in these conditions, when this is regulated by law, VMRO-DPMNE should participate in the caretaker government. It should nominate its representatives, but at the same time it should abstain from voting for the composition of that government, because we believe that the selection of the person who will be leading that government is against the law,” Mickoski told 360 stepeni in an interview Monday.

According to Mickoski, the selection of Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi for the post of caretaker prime minister is unconstitutional and contrary to the Law on Government, because he isn’t proposed by the largest political party in power.

The VMRO-DPMNE leader said if the party decides to participate in the caretaker government, it will propose a law in Parliament which would scrap the caretaker government from January 1, 2025.