[QUOTE=Gocka;176890]Regarding the threat of early elections, Victor and I were discussing this the other day. It doesn't make any sense for SDSM to call for early elections unless they expect to somehow gain seats. I don't know how or why they would believe that they can get more seats after what just happened. It's a little worrying that they are calling for something that on the face of it makes absolutely no sense. It makes me think there is something going on that we don't know about.

If anything DPMNE should be the ones calling for elections, and SDSM should be resisting that. The only thing I can think of is that Zaev is withholding more information similar to his "bombs". All of the prosecutions against DPMNE leadership essentially stopped temporarily. Zaev may have damning information on many of these guys in the opposition and thus thinks he can use that to gain more seats. Otherwise I am at a loss to explain SDSM's recent moves.

[/QUOTE]Apparently DPMNE leader Mickoski accepts holding early elections, provided that a new, independent prosecutor is appointed to investigate the numerous crimes committed by SDSM in the past year, including the referendum irregularities.

A) Fat chance Zaev will accept Mickoski's proposal
B) I think Mickoski knew this before he proposed it, so why did he do it? does he have no confidence in his party for an early election?

Well done Victor.
The press release was highly offensive and deserved a rebuttal.

The issue with DPNE is that it's a massive purge from top to bottom.

If early elections are held, the two faced politicians such as Rangelova, Manev, Todorov need to go.

Throw in the Bugarofil element that has come back in through under the guise of reformists.

Imagine hypothetically sds lose the election, could we expect the condom revolution to resurface?

Whilst sds have control of courts and western and Albanian backing not a chance in hell, hence Zaevs confidence in gaining more seats.

[QUOTE=Pelagonija;176903]Imagine hypothetically sds lose the election, could we expect the condom revolution to resurface?

Whilst sds have control of courts and western and Albanian backing not a chance in hell, hence Zaevs confidence in gaining more seats.[/QUOTE]

There will be a technical government first selected where DPNE will most likely get the police minister role similar to how SDS did in the Przino agreement that started this whole mess.

Only negative aspect is what's the point if they go down this path as they want elections to be held quick smart in November....

This is either setup to fail or Zaev is biting off more than he can chew and will backfire just as the referendum did.

Letter from LOMA is fantastic. I must email these folks and see about getting in....:)

I was sceptical the boycott tactic would not work but I guess hats off the to the organisers for pulling it off. It was a risky move and we are lucky the shiptars and cigans did not come out in full force as predicted. We dodged a bullet to only get 30 or so percent turn up to vote. I admit I was wrong in thinking this tactic will not work.

Without being a negative Nancy and I hate to sound like I am saying ‘I told you so’ – but the Zaev government, the EU, NATO, USA etc are basically calling this is a ‘victory’ and using the results as an excuse to push for the name change. They have spun their web of lies to show that the majority of the population wanted the name change, and that the reason it did not get so many people was because of ‘russian interference’. Basically it did not achieve much, just delay the name change.

Yeah people boycotted, but almost all the people who voted wanted to change the name. It’s a bit disappointing that so many Macedonians wanted a name change (almost a third of the population).
If everyone voted and voted a resounding NO for the name change this issue would have been killed.

It looks the name change will go ahead, what will the people do now? The only was is to actually do something and make their opinions heard. Boycotting and doing nothing will not help. Basically we need the people to storm the government or the army to take over and kick out the traitors.

[QUOTE=VMRO;176904]There will be a technical government first selected where DPNE will most likely get the police minister role similar to how SDS did in the Przino agreement that started this whole mess.

Only negative aspect is what's the point if they go down this path as they want elections to be held quick smart in November....

This is either setup to fail or Zaev is biting off more than he can chew and will backfire just as the referendum did.[/QUOTE]

There's another slight catch to all of this...if they're to follow the Przino Agreement, don't they require 100 days of a technical government prior to election day...if that is correct, the earliest an election can take place is sometime early in the new year...not November. (?)

Of course, not that any of this would matter in a lawless place like Macedonia...

[QUOTE=Big Bad Sven;176906]I was sceptical the boycott tactic would not work but I guess hats off the to the organisers for pulling it off. It was a risky move and we are lucky the shiptars and cigans did not come out in full force as predicted. We dodged a bullet to only get 30 or so percent turn up to vote. I admit I was wrong in thinking this tactic will not work.

Without being a negative Nancy and I hate to sound like I am saying ‘I told you so’ – but the Zaev government, the EU, NATO, USA etc are basically calling this is a ‘victory’ and using the results as an excuse to push for the name change. They have spun their web of lies to show that the majority of the population wanted the name change, and that the reason it did not get so many people was because of ‘russian interference’. Basically it did not achieve much, just delay the name change.

Yeah people boycotted, but almost all the people who voted wanted to change the name. It’s a bit disappointing that so many Macedonians wanted a name change (almost a third of the population).
If everyone voted and voted a resounding NO for the name change this issue would have been killed.

It looks the name change will go ahead, what will the people do now? The only was is to actually do something and make their opinions heard. Boycotting and doing nothing will not help. Basically we need the people to storm the government or the army to take over and kick out the traitors.[/QUOTE]

Of course they need to spin it like that, they wasted how much money and time (Concerts, marketing, ads, buying singers, making a shit song)... Hahn, Mogherini, Kurz and others were flying in back to back trying to muster support. Massive slap in the face.

Good work Vic and the team at LOMA.