Nikola Gruevski

[Makedonska_Kafana]

next step should be to consolidate our position & call of the talks over the name.Also really start to look after macedonian interests.A lot of people have said to me if macedonia is improved the way they want then they can't see why they can't eventually retire in macedonia.It's reaaly up to the govt on how it does things.

The ONLY reason Gruevski won (barely) the election was of the "name isuue" and a guarantee his government will not change the name. If, he goes against his promise I suspect his life in politics will be short lived. Everyone, else made no guarantee and lost votes.

[Makedonska_Kafana]

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[Vangelovski]

No I dont

In that case I don't understand what the purpose of your previous comment was?

[George S.]

there's people saying that he won't go as far as to change the name.We think that he shouldn't partake in any name talks as it's capitulation & compromise.

[George S.]

Mk how did the diaspora vote go & how did the albanian vote go???

[DirtyCodingHabitz]

So where are the full vote results? I wanna see how many votes the other parties got.

[Makedonska_Kafana]

So where are the full vote results? I wanna see how many votes the other parties got.

I'm looking but since the election was held on the "holy day" we must wait? You know why it's on Sunday? Less, intoxicated people voting after crkva and when most people are off and they can go and vote slobodni - turnout is important


The ruling VMRO-DPMNE party has claimed victory in Macedonia's early parliamentary elections.

Preliminary official results of the June 5 vote showed the party beating the opposition Social Democrats by around 39 percent to 32 percent.

The ethnic Albanian-led Democratic Union For Integration, a partner in the ruling coalition, was taking more than 10 percent.

Turnout in the vote for the 123-seat parliament was 64 percent of Macedonia's 1.8 million registered voters, according to electoral authorities.

The victory for the ruling coalition sets the stage for Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski to have a third term in office.

"We have to quickly solve the problems in the country and to become a NATO and EU member, to do all the important things for our nation and for our dignity," Gruevski said in a victory speech in Skopje.

Gruevski had called the polls a year before the end of his four-year term after the opposition boycotted parliament to protest a government crackdown on a pro-opposition television station.

Issues in the election campaign have included reviving the Balkan country's economy and reducing an unemployment rate of more than 30 percent, and reforms aimed at preparing Macedonia for potential membership in NATO and the European Union.

Macedonia's EU bid has been put on hold due to a name dispute with Greece in a case due to be heard by the International Court of Justice this year. end

- "We have to quickly solve the problems in the country and to become a NATO and EU member, to do all the important things for our nation and for our dignity," Gruevski said in a victory speech in Skopje.

Well, he just made a good case to say NO to both NATO & the EU, "do all the important things for our nation and for our dignity"

[lavce pelagonski]

Anything is possible Alex

[Dimko-piperkata]

By winning over 55 parliamentary seats, VMRO-DPMNE...

have they won or lost seats compared to the last election ?

[Makedonska_Kafana]

have they won or lost seats compared to the last election ?

I, think they've lost some? We, still don't know that actual count - more, then 55 they said and why don't we know who won Saturday in the USA? Anyone, else feel a sense of loss today - a no win situation?

[Droog]

OK guys read between the lines:
SDSM increased its mps from about 18 to 30=>
Gruevski had an absolute majority that gave him the right to act freely and his alliance with DUI was more of safety measure to ensure that even if his own mps abandoned him, he'd still have the majority but now...
Gruevski doesn't have a majority in the parliament. Of course he'll be the prime minister but his alliance with DUI will be absolutely necessary for him to maintain his power, so DUI will get more privileges.
Of course DUI will also have a couple of less mps this time because of the generally low level of participation of the Albanian minority and the entrance of Rufi Osmani in the parliament will pressure them to increase their minority issues policies.

That makes the motives behind the "diaspora candidates" quite obvious I think. Without them Gruevski would have about 53 mps in a parliament where 61 one are needed to be the majority, so given the rise of RDK DUI would probably have less than 8 mps so...no government for Gruevski unless he invited another Albanian party and let me tell you that triple alliances are too shaky.

[DirtyCodingHabitz]

have they won or lost seats compared to the last election ?

They lost seats, I think they had majority and didn't need to ally with any other party to form a government.

[Makedonska_Kafana]

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I'm still very interested in the above and the UMD/VOA connections.

[Bill77]

They lost seats, I think they had majority and didn't need to ally with any other party to form a government.

That's right they don't need to ally...........that's if we lived in an ordinary democratic country. But this ohrid agreement makes sure we are not a democratic country by stating an ethnic Albanian party must be in coalition.

[indigen]

That's right they don't need to ally...........that's if we lived in an ordinary democratic country. But this ohrid agreement makes sure we are not a democratic country by stating an ethnic Albanian party must be in coalition.

The FA does NOT say that and there is NO LEGAL REQUIREMENT to do it but UCK ("DUI") threatened WAR in 2006/7, when they were excluded from the coalition government, because they "felt" IT WAS THEY that should be in coalition instead of DPA as they had won the "Albanian" election in Macedonia.