Ruling Party VMRO-DPMNE leader Nikola Gruevski called Zoran Zaev on Wednesday to participate in elections on June 5 and that he would recognize the results. This call comes after Zaev on Tuesday said he would not participate in the elections even though they are convinced that they will win because Gruevski would not recognize the results.
"I heard from the media that Mr. Zaev said he was very confident he would win the elections on June 5 and fears that when VMRO-DPMNE will lose the elections on June 5 whether it will recognize them and that is why he would not go to elections.
It may sound nebulous all this that he says, and I publicly urge that he has enough time until the end of the day, he needs not to be afraid of VMRO-DPMNE on whether it will recognize the elections or not and to submit the MPs lists. I publicly promise him that if he submits the lists, VMRO-DPMNE on June 5 will recognize the elections and will not have any problem", Gruevski said.
On Wednesday at midnight is the deadline for submission of the candidate lists, while SDSM has already said that they will not submit MP lists.