State Election Commission (SEC) data shows that five of the 11 presidential candidates have collected the 10,000 signatures required for a presidential bid.
Biljana Vankovska (Levica) has collected 10,278 signatures, Stevcho Jakimovski (GROM) – 10,269, Maksim Dimitrievski (ZNAM) – 11,562, Bujar Osmani (DUI) – 11,079 and Arben Taravari (Coalition Worth It) – 10,706.
Six other candidates are still collecting the signatures, with Velo Markovski receiving 1,330 thus far, Mersiha Smailovikj – 1,286, Gjorgji Manaskov – 388, Zorica Cvetkovska – 176, Gospodin Popovski – 106, and Tome Nikolovski – 0.
Starting Sunday, VMRO-DPMNE candidate Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova and SDSM-backed Stevo Pendarovski will also collect signatures.
