He resigned today from Prime Minister her North Macedonia, Dimitar Kovacevsky. This means that the entire government is under resignation until its election service government next Sunday, January 28.

THE Dimitar Kovacevsky was appointed prime minister of the country in January 2022replacing Zoran Zaev, who had resigned as prime minister at the time due to the crushing defeat of the ruling Social Democratic Party (SDSM) in the municipal elections in October 2021.

The resignation of Dimitar Kovačevski follows the electoral legislation of North Macedonia, according to which, 100 days before the parliamentary elections are held, a caretaker government is formed to lead the country until the parliamentary elections.

Parliamentary elections in North Macedonia will be held on May 8. This means that on Sunday, January 28, a caretaker government will be formed, which will receive a vote of confidence from the country’s Parliament.

Based on a political agreement between the co-ruling parties “Social Democratic Union” (SDSM) led by Dimitar Kovačevski and the Albanian DUI led by Ali Ahmeti, this caretaker government will be headed by a person nominated by the Albanian party and for the first time time in the history of the country, since 1991 when it gained its independence, the country will have an Albanian prime ministereven for 100 days.

The DUI proposed for acting prime minister the current speaker of the Parliament and a high-ranking official of this Albanian party, Talat Xhaferi.

The 62-year-old Talat Xhaferi has been the president of the Parliament of North Macedonia since 2017, while in the 2013-2014 period he served as Minister of Defense in the VMRO-DPMNE-DUI coalition, whose prime minister was Nikola Gruevski. The parliamentary representative of the SDSM, Jovan Mitrevski, will be appointed as the new president of the Parliament.

According to the electoral legislation, the opposition also participates in the caretaker government with two ministers from its ranks (Interior and Labour). These ministers will be nominated by the main opposition party, the right-wing VMRO-DPMNE.