The Guardian writes about Macedonia: Political crisis began following referendum failure

Macedonia is facing a political crisis immediately following the surprise that brought the referendum, with a very low exit to reappointed the Balkan state, writes The Guardian, translates Periscopi in Albanian.

Citizens were asked whether they would support the agreement with Greece, the country's reappointed in northern Macedonia as a moment to join the EU and Nato.

But, 30 minutes after the deployments closed, calls for boycotts appeared to have had great impact, with only 34,7% or 623 thousand people coming out.

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said he would recognise the democratic decision of those who voted, stressing that the plebiscite vote was critical of the country's western orientation, despite not showing even 50% of citizens at the polls to do so.

No better deal has been made with Greece, nor is it expected to be made and there is no alternative for our country but EU membership. The referendum was decided by those who wanted to decide,” he said at a press conference.

The Social Democrat leader, who will have to face parliament, denied the possibility of the referendum being considered unsuccessful because of the small exit.

Out of 98 percent of the votes counted, 91 percent voted in favour.

Although Zaev's government has described the character of the historic referendum as “construed”, it has been acknowledged that a low exit would make it almost impossible for the name change agreement to pass to parliament with 120 seats where it takes two-thirds, or 80 votes.

The main opposition party, VMRO nationalist The DPMNE, which had denounced the agreement, will be much easier to resist ratification.

Party leader Hristian Mickovski has said that “is a fact that the name agreement did not get the green light, but received the popular stop sign. ”

Meanwhile, as Periscope broadcasts, Guardian has quoted Vetevendosje leader Albin Kurti as giving support to the deal. But on the other hand, the Macedonian government has supported the idea of correcting the borders, which is being promoted by Hashim Thaci and Aleksandar Vuciq. /Periscopi