Skopje, 17 April 2024 (MIA) — I entered this battle for President because I think Macedonia deserves a president from the ranks of citizens, with the citizens and for the citizens, which is why my priority going forward will be only the citizens, ZNAM Movement presidential candidate Maksim Dimitrievski told a Butel election rally.

"Macedonia needs and should elect a leader, a father of the nation, with integrity, credibility and character, who will walk proudly in Macedonia together with the citizens. After Ilinden and ASNOM, the time has come for a new electoral uprising by the citizens, for the citizens," Dimitrievski said.

"You, the citizens, give legitimacy to the President, to the one you choose to represent and protect you. I promise I will be President from the citizens, with the citizens and for the citizens," he said.

The ZNAM Movement presidential candidate added that the country had fallen on hard times.

"Today, you live in a country where you pay for medical treatment, but you don't get medical treatment. You pay judges, but there is no court, no justice. You pay prosecutors, but there are no prosecutors, no charges filed against the rulers. The people and citizens pay for everything, to get nothing in the end," Dimitrievski said. mr/