Skopje, 20 April 2024 (MIA) — President Stevo Pendarovski, who is running for a second term, has accepted the national broadcaster's request to participate in a debate with all candidates in the presidential race, his PR team said in a press release.

"Given that all my opponents have accepted the invitation to take part in a Macedonian Radio Television debate, I have decided to accept the invitation as well," President Pendarovski is quoted as saying in the press release.

In addition, he reiterated that it was necessary to look into public allegations of the broadcaster being used to carry out fake polls on political parties' and presidential candidates' approval ratings to manipulate public opinion. 

In pointing to this, he said, he was staying true to the principle of transparency in his duties both as President and as a campaigning presidential candidate. mr/