The Zaev administration in North Macedonia will continue to stay in government after the opposition’s efforts to secure the necessary votes for a motion of no confidence failed.
Around midnight, Parliament Speaker, Talat Xhaferi, wrapped up the plenary session by declaring that the lack of a quorum came as a result of the low number of opposition MPs present in Parliament, which made it impossible to hold a vote.
The Macedonian and Albanian opposition walked out of North Macedonia’s Parliament, after not being able to secure the minimum 61 votes necessary to vote for the motion of no confidence against Zoran Zaev’s administration.
VMRO DPMNE and the Albanian opposition parties accused the current administration of having ‘captured Kastriot Rexhepi, the Besa Movement MP’ – which rendered it impossible for the opposition to procure its necessary 61 votes during last night’s plenum.
Rexhepi, who wasn’t present in yesterday’s plenary session, had declared on another occasion in the past, that he was on the side of ethnic Albanians, the EU and NATO.
According to constitutional predeterminations, the opposition can’t present another motion of no confidence to Parliament in the next 90 days.
This entire situation came as a result of PM Zaev’s public resignation on October 31, which was followed by him extending the official paperwork, until a later time.
Zaev declared that he would step down from his function as prime minister and SDSM’s chair, due to his party’s defeat in the recent local elections.
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