By Sinisa Jakov Marusic,
2 January 2020
Outgoing Prime Minister of North Macedonia, Zoran Zaev (photo credit: NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization/flickr)
The formation of North Macedonia’s caretaker government, tasked with ensuring democratic early general elections on April 12, has encountered new complications after the opposition VMRO DPMNE party proposed an army lieutenant-colonel, Dragan Kovacki, as caretaker interior minister.
The government and the opposition now have until January 3 to overcome the problem that stems from the constitution, which prohibits people in uniform from leading the Interior Ministry. If the deadline isn’t met, the April elections might have to be postponed.
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