The President of the Republic of North Macedonia, Stevo Pedarovski, shortly after noon today, gave the mandate to form a government to the new leader of the ruling Social Democratic Party (SDSM), Dimitar Kovacevski.
Now, under the provisions of the country's constitution, the acting prime minister has 20 days to present his government's programme and seek a vote of confidence from parliament. Kovacevski has stated that the new government will be formed and receive a vote of confidence from Parliament around mid-January 2022.
Dimitar Kovacevski was elected the new leader of the SDSM on December 12, replacing Zoran Zaev, who resigned as leader of the ruling party and Prime Minister of North Macedonia after the SDSM's heavy defeat in the country's municipal elections held last October.
Kovacevski was Zoran Zaev's choice for both the leadership of the SDSM and as the country's new prime minister.
In the current government, in addition to the SDSM and some smaller parties with which it cooperates, the largest Albanian party in North Macedonia, Ali Ahmeti's DUI, also participates in the new government, while the Albanian party "Alternative", which will take over three ministries (Health, Public Administration and Diaspora), will also participate in the new government.
The parties that will participate in the new government have 64 MPs out of the 120 in the entire parliament, thus ensuring self-reliance in the new government of the country, which will be led by Dimitar Kovachevski.
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