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The Parliament of Northern Macedonia voted for the new government after two days of fierce debates between the deputies of the parliamentary majority and the deputies of the opposition.
By a majority of 62 votes in favor and 46 against, the parliament of Northern Macedonia voted for the new government of the country, which will be led by the Social Democrat Dimitar Kovacevski. The new Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski in his speech before the deputies stressed that there are concrete plans for the development of the country and that the work of the new government will focus on three priorities: dealing with the energy crisis, the coronavirus pandemic, raising the living standards of citizens of Northern Macedonia and the realization of strategic investments. “The government will be seriously committed to resolving the dispute with Bulgaria, but any possibility of discussing issues related to identity is ruled out,” Kovacevski said.
The new prime minister rejected the opposition’s request for early elections. “The government has undisputed legitimacy, especially with the expansion of deputies, the majority is safe. There will be elections but in 2024. I will start working tomorrow. I will have meetings with the German minister. “On Tuesday, I will meet with Bulgarian Prime Minister Petkov, from whom I will seek support for the people of Macedonia and a solution to the dispute,” said Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski.
VMRO-DPMNE: The new government has no legitimacy
VMRO DPMNE in opposition have reacted by emphasizing that the government to be led by Dimitar Kovacevski has no legitimacy, as he did not participate in the elections, did not seek the trust of the citizens and did not receive any votes from them, therefore he has no legitimacy. to run the government ”. “At a time when we have a severe economic, health and energy crisis, the prime minister-designate speaks of good economic situation and increasing the country’s gross output. How can we forget that we have inflation, that citizens do not even have bread to eat, when product prices are rising, when money is losing value? “This is a mockery of the feelings of the citizens,” said VMRO-DPMNE MP Blagica Lasovska.
SDSM: Opposition debates – political folklore
SDSM has responded. Its deputies have said that the parties that will be part of the new government have full legitimacy to lead the country, because in the last parliamentary elections they received the support of the citizens. The coordinator of the SDSM parliamentary group, Jovan Mitrevski, stated that he does not expect all MPs to agree on the support of the government.
Mitrevski accused the opposition of having too much political folklore during the debate. “For me, political folklore is to accuse Kovacevski of legitimacy that he did not run in the elections. political folklore is to demand parliamentary elections. The pressure of the opposition for quick local elections will soon prove to be done because the incompetences of the mayors of VMRO-DPMNE will be seen immediately “, said Jovan Mitrevski.
Reactions from Albanian parties
Zijadin Sela from the Alliance for Albanians also views the legitimacy of the new government with suspicion. “If we talk about legitimacy as a concept, the government has lost it and the mandator has also lost it,” said Sela. It is true that the mandator has not come out himself to seek the trust of the citizens and he has no obligation to him. “DUI promised that there will be the first Albanian prime minister with a 4-year term, which is not yet. And now it is justified that there will be the first Albanian prime minister in the last 100 days of the Government. “But you yourself prove that you have no legitimacy. The third factor is Alternativa, which has not gained legitimacy to keep the DUI in the Government”, declared Ziadin Sela. DUI MP Arta Bilalli has accused the Albanian opposition of cooperating with Levica and anti-Albanian parties. Bilalli has said that DUI will support Kovacevski’s government, as it will work for the country’s integration into the European Union.
There were also reactions after the vote of the new government from the deputy of the “Left” party, Dimitar Apasie. He criticized the composition of the government, respectively the large number of Albanian ministers, which according to him, speaks of the tendency for “Albanianization of Macedonia”. “11 ministerial posts for Macedonians and 10 for Albanians. “So, this is a framework tyranny, a half protectorate, a parallel state in a state where young Macedonians and Albanians do not communicate,” Apasiev said. The new government will have 21 members; 17 ministers and 4 deputy prime ministers. The Social Democratic League will have 12 members of the Government, six Democratic Union for Integration and three Alternativa parties./DW
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