The political parties that have signed the Przino Agreement have not voiced one single statement regarding the lists of possible MPs although the deadline for submitting them is Wednesday, Telegraf.mk reads.
For now, only ruling VMRO-DPMNE has presented a firm position that it will take part in the June 5 parliamentary elections, while SDSM announced it is not even considering the possibility of participating in the ballot.
The conduct of the parties representing Albanian interests is baffling, and particularly that of DUI, which under the US pressure, changed its stance and started issuing statements about postponing the June 5 elections.
The fact that DUI and DPA have not flied lists for MPs with their candidates seems to prove the two parties are serious about not running in the elections. The parties have not even submitted lists of electoral boards members, although that does not mean that elections will not be held as their seats can be replaced with employees of the public administration.
DUI leader Ali Ahmeti (C) with prominent party members.
Whether or not elections will be held, and which parties will participate in them, will be made public on Wednesday, until midnight the latest. By then, the parties are expected to hold intensive talks with the US and EU ambassadors to the country. The position of Aivo Orav and Jess Baily is to be backed additionally by Johannes Heindel, the German diplomat appointed by his government as a special envoy to Macedonia whose aim is to help solve the political crisis.
Party sources said VMRO-DPMNE's and SDSM's positions are diametrically opposite and that is the reason why it is difficult for them to find a common language. The ruling party believes there is no legal possibility to postpone the elections because the Macedonian Assembly is dissolved, while SDSM considers the MPs' term lasts until the seats of the parliament's new composition are filled and that the lawmakers can be summoned.
Johannes Heindel
In the talks on the early parliamentary elections, SDSM has not mentioned a date when the ballot could take place. Their representatives demand the revision of the electoral roll, although the State Election Commission has already passed a decision on its propriety, insisting the voter registry does not contain any so-called 'phantom voters', as claimed by the main opposition party.
However, the general abolition act passed by President Gjorge Ivanov does represent an obstacle for the holding of the elections. SDSM demands its full withdrawal although that condition was not contained in the Przino Agreement.