Deadline for Collecting Signatures Expires: Seven Candidates for President

The deadline for collecting signatures for the presidential process has expired.

Officially, there are seven candidates for President: Stevo Pendarovski, endorsed by SDSM, Gordana Siljanovska Davkova, endorsed by VMRO-DPMNE, Bujar Osmani, endorsed by DUI, Arben Taravari, endorsed by the VLEN coalition, Stevco Jakimovski, endorsed by GROM, Maksim Dimitrevski, endorsed by ZNAM, and Biljana Vankovska, endorsed by Levica.

On Friday, Taravari said in an interview with Telma that VLEN’s programme would be published soon, adding that it was based on four main pillars: EU integration, constitutional changes also for removal of the term “20%” concerning the Albanian language and election of the President in Parliament, the rule of law, and regional cooperation and stability.

On Saturday, DUI officially presented its candidate, Osmani, who said he expected to enter the second round. The previous day, regarding the parliamentary elections, SDSM leader Dimitar Kovacevski said his party would publish the list of MP candidates not later than 22 March.