President Stevo Pendarovski and VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski are set to meet on Friday at 3 pm, discussing the April 27 case and current political-economic developments, as the opposition party has said.
The meeting was scheduled at Mickoski’s request, following a phone conversation with Pendarovski.
Mickoski told a briefing earlier in the week that relations with the Pendarovski would thaw, because “the country urgently needs dialogue among political stakeholders”.
VMRO-DPMNE says it doesn’t want mercy in the April 27 case, but that people are tried for what they did not for what they didn’t do.
“If new evidence emerges, why shouldn’t these people be given the chance to be tried in a fair process? Justice should be equal for all and why shouldn’t this case be retried, as others were too,” said Mickoski.
Pendarovski has said it is a good thing that after nine months of no communication, VMRO-DPMNE has decided to thaw relations with the President, which can lead to more productive political dialogue that is lacking in North Macedonia.
VMRO-DPMNE froze its communication with the President after Pendarovski decided to give the government mandate to SDSM leader Zoran Zaev following last year’s early parliamentary elections.
