The State Election Commission (SEC) decided unanimously Sunday for the candidate list submitted by ruling VMRO-DPMNE and its coalition partners to bear the number 1 on the ballot for the June 5 early parliamentary elections.
The VMRO-DPMNE candidate list is the only one verified by the SEC, Commission's chairman Aleksandar Cicakovski said.
SEC should review whether a submission of only one candidate list is in line with the Constitution, Commission's member from DUI party Subhi Jakupi. Violeta Duma and Igor Milev, Commission's members form SDSM, also raised concerns to that effect. There is only one list at the moment, which means that citizens have no choice, Milev said.
Silvana Boneva, SEC member from VMRO-DPMNE, pointed out that the list did not include one but 21 parties. In line with the Constitution, each party, citizen is entitled to decide individually whether to take part in the elections process, she said.
Earlier today, SEC decided to reject the candidate lists of the People's Movement of Macedonia (NDM) due to irregularities. The MP candidate list of the Social-Democratic Party of Macedonia (SDPM) was not verified on the party's request.