Skopje, 19 June 2023 (MIA) – VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski in answer to a journalist’s question Monday on whether the country is in a political crisis and what the way out of the blockade on the country’s Euro-integration path is, said he will not enter talks shaped by Bulgarian dictate and that elections are the only way out of the crisis.

“Not only will we not accept constitutional changes under Bulgarian dictate, but we will categorically dismiss and reject them. In terms of a way out, elections are the way out. It is obvious that elections are the way out, and this is the most logical thing that can happen at this moment. Elections as soon as possible, to catalyze the pressure that is present in society,” said Mickoski.

The opposition leader said the main policy of the Government led by Prime Minister Dimitar Kovachevski is falling apart and called for elections.

In answer to a journalist’s question, Mickoski also noted that upon the proposal of the German CDU, in the past, the Government of Chancellor Angela Merkel had “a stronger Resolution that more firmly defended the Macedonian identity attributes” and, he said, 
“when Germany presided over the EU at the time, the negotiating framework did not include the bilateral agreement, nor was the issue of the Macedonian language open, and the country’s history and other identity attributes weren’t even mentioned.”

Mickoski added that according to the latest public opinion surveys in Germany, CDU will win the next elections, and voiced his hope that Friedrich Merz will be the next chancellor.

“I see the propaganda coming from SDS and I am surprised, because they keep mentioning VMRO-DPMNE about why CDU didn't vote for the Resolution. When you think they’ve reached the bottom, they tell you that you are a pessimist, you should’ve been an optimist, they were capable of going even lower,” said Mickoski.

Regarding his position on the vetting in the judiciary, Mickoski said before the country begins that process, it should make use of the existing competencies of the Public Revenue Office and the other institutions in the country and carry out a vetting of the politicians.

“In Macedonia it is very easy to examine the acquired property and it is sufficient to observe the luxuriously constructed real estate and the luxurious cars driven on the Macedonian roads, whose owners have only registered one percent of what they really own,” added Mickoski.

The VMRO-DPMNE leader stressed that improvisations are unnecessary and that the existing Macedonian laws make it possible to check and determine which politicians and their families, who have acquired great wealth, have been robbing Macedonia in the past three decades.

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