Skopje, 23 January 2023 (MIA) – Prime Minister Dimitar Kovachevski will meet the leaders of SDSM’s coalition partners on Monday at 8pm, sources from the coalition parties told MIA.

In his statement to the press earlier on Monday, PM Kovachevski said that he held discussions with a part of the coalition partners and will continue today, “regarding the issues that are important to the work of the government, and of interest to the citizens.”

“I have also spoken to Alternativa, i.e., their leader, because we have regular meetings. However, we haven’t discussed details about a new party joining the Government because such details have not been discussed with a potential new partner either. This has been confirmed by the leader of the Alliance for Albanians as well, that we are parties in favor of resuming the country’s EU path, but we haven’t discussed specific program or personnel details,” said Kovachevski.

He said that if there are such discussions, then, it would be normal to consult with the current coalition partners, as was the case during Alternativa’s entry into the Government.

The central presidency of the Alliance for Albanians will set up a commission during the week in order to negotiate a possible entry into the ruling coalition, after the Central Assembly authorized the leadership to make the final decision.

On Saturday evening, after the session of the Central Assembly of the Alliance, leader Arben Taravari, said they had a fruitful discussion on the issue and that some of the members were in favor and some against the party’s possible entry into the Government, and it is up to the central presidency to make the final decision.

Before the session, Taravari said they would accept the invitation to join the government only if there was serious fight against corruption and chances to secure 80 MPs for the constitutional amendments. ad/ik/