{"id":26090,"date":"2021-11-26T18:35:56","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T17:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=26090"},"modified":"2021-11-26T18:39:35","modified_gmt":"2021-11-26T17:39:35","slug":"zaevs-resignation-pending-alternative-still-silent-on-joining-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/zaevs-resignation-pending-alternative-still-silent-on-joining-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Zaev\u2019s resignation pending, Alternative still silent on joining government"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Zoran Zaev is expected on Friday to officially resign as the chairman of the Social Democratic Union (SDSM), after its defeat in the latest local polls.<\/p>\n<p>The move would open the way for holding a race for the new party\u2019s leader, who will potentially become the new prime minister as the party still holds a parliamentary majority.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the attention has shifted toward the ethnic Albanian opposition party, the Alternative, which has to decide whether it will join the current government of PM Zoran Zaev.<\/p>\n<p>Little is known who will be Zaev\u2019s successor, but one of the names who has come up the most is Dimitar Kovacevksi, the current deputy minister of finances.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/north-macedonia\/2021\/11\/03\/north-macedonia-analysts-zaev-is-looking-to-win-some-time-for-what-comes-next\/\">Analysts: Zaev is looking to win some time for what\u2019s to come<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/north-macedonia\/2021\/11\/18\/zaev-in-negotiations-with-the-alternative-to-extend-the-grand-coalition\/\">Zaev in negotiations with the Alternative to extend the Grand Coalition<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Zoran Zaev is expected on Friday to officially resign as the chairman of the Social Democratic Union (SDSM), after its defeat in the latest local polls. 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