Zaev resigns as PM, then convenes coalition meeting about new North Macedonia government

Photo: Tanjug/AP

Prime Minister of North Macedonia Zoran Zaev, who resigned last night, has convened a meeting of vice presidents of the parties of the ruling majority to initiate negotiations on a new prime minister and on the composition of a new government.

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The presidents of those parties also resigned in agreement with the outgoing prime minister.

According to the MKD portal, after Zaev's resignation yesterday, the entire government is resigning.

A joint meeting of parliamentary heads is expected to be held in the Assembly to agree on the work of the parliament going forward.

After stepping down last night after a poor showing in local polls, Zaev said that he was against early parliamentary elections and that a new, reconstructed government could be expanded to include more people.

The main coalition partner of his SDSM party is the ethnic Albanian DUI party led by Ali Ahmeti.

(Telegraf.rs/Tanjug)