PM Zoran Zaev, also the leader of the ruling SDSM, on Wednesday rejected calls for snap parliamentary elections.
“I insist there won’t be snap elections, because it does not benefit the country. Even if it does, elections won’t change a thing, instead it will only hinder ongoing development projects,” Zaev said noting that the coming elections will take place in 2024 after the country’s last elections in July 2020.
According to him, the country has gone through many stages of snap elections during which all activities had to be halted, mainly in the economy, leaving it gravely affected.
“If elections were to be held today, we will have 50 MPs instead of 46, what we have now. VMRO-DPMNE will get 40 MPs. Probably, it will be easier for me as prime minister, but the country will lose at least six months,” Zaev told Wednesday’s press conference.
Asked to comment on claims that there will be a new majority in Parliament, he responded: “If anyone will join Mr. Mickoski, it depends on whether they believe his policies.”
“They include blocking, delays, etc, as well as the connections to the regime. At the same time, whether his coalition partners and his MPs believe in these policies and projects, it is also a guarantee if someone will cross over from opposition to ruling majority. Whether MPs will cross over from the majority to the opposition or from the opposition to the majority, it all depends on this,” PM Zaev told reporters.
