GRUEVSKI SPEAKS
National.
In general, we have had fair, democratic elections, about 98 percent of polls witnessed a genuine celebration of democracy. However, irregularities have been registered on the election day in one or two percent of the polls, according to the State Election Commission. I am sorry about all incidents and troubles that took place yesterday. Anyone who tried to make troubles yesterday did not care about Macedonia, Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski says in an interview with the Macedonian Information Agency (MIA).
I will not allow any of the MPs to take the parliamentary seat in illegitimate, non-democratic manner by staffing ballot boxes in comparison to those who have won their mandates by fighting with programmes and elaborating projects.
- It will not happen! I would like to send a message that I do not intend to set up the new government until being assured that citizens expressed their will at all – 100 percent of the polling stations in the Republic of Macedonia, namely that the new Parliament will in full represent the citizens’ will and not the one of some criminal groups or of bullies that stuffed the ballot boxes. I will not form the new government as long as I am not certain that fair and democratic elections have been conducted in those one or two percent of the polling stations. For me the will of citizens is sacred, it is an obligation and responsibility. Democracy and freedom are prerequisites for everything else in a society, Gruevski says.
Unfortunately the incidents and irregularities occurred mainly in areas, populated with ethnic Albanians, Gruevski says.
- Albanians are honest people, artisans with own culture and tradition of great value. They work hard to earn their bread. Those who provoked the incidents bring harm to the Albanians. However, the violence has no ethnicity, it equally harms everybody, but the most of all those who promote violent acts, Gruevski says.
A state that functions under the rule of law offers no room for violence. All of those who intend to provoke such acts will be thwarted and sanctioned, regardless of their political, ethnic and religious affiliation. These (yesterday’s) cases involved individuals that brought the Albanians in rather difficult position, people, who do not act in favor of the Albanians. The Republic of Macedonia is powerful and is going to prove that it acts in line with the law and relishes the democracy, Gruevski says.
MD: Congratulations for the victory, mr.Gruevski!
[Mia]
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