On Monday night, Parliament, with 69 votes in favor, elected the new members of the Government within the cabinet reshuffle process.
Jeton Shasivari is the new Minister of Justice, Agon Ferati is the new Intercommunity Relations Minister, Borche Serafimovski is the new Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, and Water Economy, and Sasho Klekovski is the new Minister of Health.
Gjoko Velkovski was elected to head the Ministry of Social Policy, Demography and Youth, Ivan Stoilkovikj is the new Minister of Local Self-Government, Sedat Sulejmani now heads the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, while Erdjan Demir is the new Minister without Portfolio.
Earlier that day, the dismissal decisions had been made. The debate in Parliament on the election and dismissals of new cabinet members was marked by accusations between opposition and ruling majority MPs.
Immediately before the vote on the new Ministers, PM Mickoski, inter alia, apologized to parliamentarians for all the events at the legislature earlier that day. He was referring to the tense atmosphere between representatives of the ruling structure and opposition MPs.