Macedonian opposition warns over 200 indictments of referendum

VMRO DPMNE will file indictments against more than 200 members of electoral councils from several Albanian-populated cities, such as Struga, Kricova, several areas of Tetovo and Skopje. It claims to counterfeit at least 50,000 votes, even though the KSHZ, which is run by the VMRO framework, had praised the election process as largely democratic, as has the OSCE observer mission.

The opposition, meanwhile, also remains in the position not to support constitutional changes in the Assembly, without which the name agreement with Greece cannot be implemented.

V “Deputies MRO DPMNE will not vote for constitutional changes. VMRO deputies are elected by the people and the will of the people must be respected. The referendum has failed, and with that and the agreement with Greece, as people have not accepted an agreement paying off history, identity, language and all that concerns Macedonians”, VMRO MP Dafina Stojanoska has declared.

But, despite that, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev has announced the meeting with every Parliament MP to secure support and that the outcome of these meetings, according to the government head, will become known later by October 10th. Ruling coalition parties currently have 72 deputies, but to pass the changes, two-thirds or 80 votes are needed.

On the other hand, the Democratic Union for Integration, which is part of the government, has started consultations within the party on the situation created by giving support to the Agreement signed with Greece. This party estimates that “at the moment the country's priority is to find a solution in the Parliament to implement the Prespa Agreement.

It is the historical time for an interethnic and ethnic unity in communities to overcome this challenge we are facing. This to ensure the future of the country and the generations to come, to guarantee stability, peace, to keep people here, for better economic prosperity”, Osmani has declared

The DUI also estimates that at the moment there is no time for early parliamentary elections, with which the dynamic implementation of the Prespa Agreement will be derailed, as reportedly in the concluded conclusions, could lead to a serious blockade of Macedonia's integration process in NATO and the European Union.

As a possible date for the elections, Prime Minister Zaev has mentioned November 25th, but based on the technical aspects and demands of the opposition for technical government, new state prosecutor and other issues, this date may not even be achieved by thus jeopardising the political situation, but also by extending deadlines for implementing the agreement with Greece, which was envisioned for Macedonia to be implemented later by mid-January, but you opened its ratification later in Greece's Parliament.