North Macedonia’s presidential race kicked off on Thursday, with seven candidates vying for the largely ceremonial post in a two-round vote that will conclude on May 8. The official start to campaign season means the candidates are allowed to make campaign speeches, hold rallies and present their agendas.
FILE - Gordana Siljanovska Davkova, presidential candidate for the opposition conservative VMRO-DPMNE party, talks to the media after voting for the presidential election, in Skopje, North Macedonia , May 5, 2019. North Macedonia ’s presidential race kicked off on Thursday April 4, 2024, with seven candidates vying for the largely ceremonial post in a two-round vote that will conclude on May 8.
The first round of the presidential election is scheduled for April 24, after which the two leading candidates will face each other in a second round that will coincide with the general election on May 8. Other candidates include law professor Biljana Vankovska, who’s running for the leftist party Levica, and two members of the country’s ethnic Albanian minority: current Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani from the Democratic Union of Albanians, which is part of the governing coalition; and Arben Taravari from an opposition ethnic Albanian party.
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