Legitimacy without legitimation of the lopsided parliament. The snap parliamentary elections in Macedonia 2014
Legitimacy without legitimation of the lopsided parliament. The snap parliamentary elections in Macedonia 2014

Summary/Abstract: This paper is devoted to the snap parliamentary elections in Macedonia, which took place on 27 April 2014. The main initiator of the early elections was the DUI, which represents the interests of the Albanian minority and was the junior coalition partner in the government led by Nikola Gruevski from the VMRO–DPMNE. The DUI’s activists did not want to advocate the candidacy of the incumbent head of state, Gjorge Ivanov, who was seeking re-election. After the elections the SDSM, the main rival of the ruling VMRO-DPMNE, has not recognised the result and refused to take up their parliamentary seats.

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