Parties in Macedonia launch campaign for name referendum

The LSDM is already in a referendum campaign on the name, even though it is not known when the referendum will be held.

As Alsat-mm writes, Social Democrats are pleased that the entire democratic world welcomed the resolution of the name dispute. They say NATO and the European Union's doors are open for the country and therefore require citizens' support for the referendum.

Before us is a historic opportunity. Citizens in the referendum will have the final say. Let's use this chance. In the referendum, we must firmly say “po” for a guaranteed Macedonian identity, say decisively “po” for entry into NATO and the European Union”, Kostadin Kostadinov, LSDM deputy said.

And the opposition leader, Maciodni Hristian Mickoski of the VMRO DPMNE, said that if the referendum is consultative and not mandatory, then they will not recognise it as the will of the people.

The basic democratic right of any citizen in this country is to decide whether to vote. Also, each citizen's basic democratic right in this country is whether he decides to vote, to guarantee privacy, whether he will vote for one or another, if it is elections, and whether it will be for or against, if it is a referendum. So, at the framework of the Constitution and citizens' rights, you have to seek the answer of political parties”, Hristian Mickovski said, V MRO DPMNE. From VMRO- The DPMNE says they are for the EU and NATO, but that it has not certainly been achieved, as they say, such harmful solutions to the name.