Macedonian MPs to Dissolve Parliament on Thursday
Macedonian MPs will vote to dissolve Parliament on Thursday, after which the Parliament Speaker will formally set the date for general elections for June 5.
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Speaker Trajko Veljanoski | Photo by: Macedonian Parliament |
Speaker Trajko Veljanoski told reporters of the plan on Monday, after a coordination meeting with political parties.
After stepping up work in the last two weeks to adopt an electoral code and other regulations before the snap polls, legislators have a few more tasks ahead.
Foremost, they must elect a new head of the State Electoral Commission, a vote that is scheduled for Tuesday. This post will most likely go to opposition candidate Boris Kondarko.
Macedonia's prime minister called for early elections on June 5 after failing to persuade the opposition to end its boycott of parliament
Since January, almost all opposition parties, led by the Social Democrats, have boycotted the parliament, asking for early elections.
Both the vote for the dissolution of parliament and Veljanoski’s official announcement of the election date are mere formalities, since Gruevski’s VMRO DPMNE party controls a stable majority in the parliament.
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Macedonia 2011 Elections Interactive Map
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