The President of North Macedonia, Stevo Pendarovski, has mandated the chairman of the Social Democratic League (LSDM), Dimitar Kovacevski for the post of Prime Minister.
Kovacevski received the decree on Wednesday in the presidential cabinet, after the SDSM had previously announced through a letter that it has secured the majority in the Assembly for the vote of the new Government.
"From today (Wednesday) I start forming the new team with people who must respond to the serious challenges that await us from the beginning of the new year. The new government will have a clear goal – to provide security, a better life and a bright future for our citizens. My personal commitment is to restore citizens' trust in the country's politics and institutions. This requires an efficient, honest and responsible government", declared Kovacevski.
The President of the SDSM will have 20 days to submit the new composition of the Government of North Macedonia for approval to the Assembly.
The Speaker of the Assembly, Talat Xhaferi, has said that he expects the new Government to start work by January 18 at the latest, after having previously been voted in the Assembly with 61 votes of deputies.
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The new government will consist of the SDSM, the Democratic Union for Integration, Alternative and the Albanian Democratic Party.
After the mandate of Dimitar Kovacevski, the leader of the Macedonian opposition, Hristijan Mickoski, reacted, saying that from the new prime minister he expects "the continuation of the policies of Zaevism (vj Zoran Zaev), failures and the lack of a strategy for the future of the country".
"I have heard his pronouncements for the media and I don't expect anything from him. I can't comment on a single word or sentence, as nothing offers the continuation of Zaev's policies...the captive state and the hybrid regime will continue," declared Mickoski.
He said that the president, Stevo Pendarovski, was wrong with the decision to give the mandate to Kovacevski, since according to him, the new leader of the SDSM does not have the legitimacy to lead the new Government.
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"VMRO-DPMNE is the political party with the largest parliamentary group in the Assembly. VMRO-DPMNE is the party with the most mayors. Pendarovski continues to be part of the hybrid regime and the captured state. He decided to give the mandate to a person who did not participate in the elections, did not ask for trust and who does not have popular legitimacy", stated the chairman of VMRO DPMNE, Hristijan Mickoski.
Dimitar Kovacevski succeeds Zoran Zaev in the post of Prime Minister, who resigned from the post of Prime Minister and Chairman of SDSM due to the defeat in the local elections, which were held on October 31. /REL
