The ruling VMRO-DPMNE has called on SDSM leader Venko Filipche to stop focusing on electoral processes in other countries and to begin internal cleansing of the party, which the party says is on the verge of political extinction after the latest election results.
The call comes after the opposition party said Monday that after the recent election defeat of Hungary’s former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, VMRO-DPMNE was left without its only ally in the EU.
VMRO-DPMNE says that the current SDSM leadership should distance itself from Zoran Zaev and “all of his close, suspicious pro-Russian business partners in shady and criminal deals so that the party could stand on its own two feet.”
According to the ruling party, proof that SDSM is constantly falling are the results of last year’s elections, in which the party was barely third in some municipalities, and in some even fifth.
“Filipce, so worry less about elections and election results in other countries. Roll up your sleeves and put your party on sound feet, if you can say that it is yours, because you are only the guardian of the chair there. And that is above all important, because for the development of a country a healthy opposition party is needed, an opposition party that stands on its own two feet. Only in this way will you help both the country and the citizens,” VMRO-DPMNE added.
The ruling VMRO-DPMNE believes that “if Filipche continues to ride on Zaev’s story, SDSM may face disappearance from the political scene.”
