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Northern Macedonia: Opposition secures majority in Parliament, overthrows government

Rapid are the political developments in Northern Macedonia, as opposition parties, along with a small Albanian party still in government, agree to oust government, which consists mainly of Zoran Zaef’s Social Democratic Party (SDSM) and Ali Ahmeti’s Albanian DUI.

The leader of the main opposition party, VMRO-DPMNE, Christian Mickovski, said today that his party, along with the Levica (Left) party and the Albanian parties Alliance for Albanians and BESA, secured a parliamentary majority of 61 deputies which, as he said, “guarantees that this government under SDSM belongs to the past”.

The Parliament of Northern Macedonia numbers in its entirety 120 seats.

According to all indications, the formation of a new parliamentary majority was made possible by the departure from the government of the small Albanian party “BESA” which has four deputies.

Christian Mickowski also said that in the near future he will try to form a new government, provided that, as he said, “the conditions are created and there are guarantees for a stable and reformist government”. Otherwise, as he said, the only solution for the country is to hold early parliamentary elections as soon as possible.

The leader of VMRO-DPMNE also stated that Zoran Zaef and his government are expected to resign on Monday.

These developments are happening after the heavy defeat of the Social Democratic Party in last Sunday’s municipal elections and the statement of Zoran Zaef that he will resign as Prime Minister of the country.

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