SKOPJE, Jan 28 /ATA-MIA/ – The Parliament of North Macedonia has started its 141st session with the only item on the agenda, the election of the Government of the Republic of North Macedonia.
Parliament voted with 65 votes “for” and three “against” and voted for the technical government headed by Talat Xhaferi.
111 deputies were present at the session. VMRO-DPMNE MPs have abstained from voting for the technical government. The main task of the transitional government is the organization of fair and democratic parliamentary elections.
Talat Xhaferi, representative of this transitional government, which is formed one hundred days before the May 8 parliamentary elections, submitted yesterday the program and the proposed makeup of the new government.
The main task of the transitional government is the organization of fair and democratic parliamentary elections. The Assembly elects the government with the majority of votes from the total number of deputies.
In the proposal for the composition of the transitional government: the first deputy prime minister of the government will be Bojan Maricic, while Artan Grubi will be the minister of Political System and Inter-Community Relations.
Upon the proposal of VMRO-DPMNE, Pance Toshkovski will be Minister of Internal Affairs, while Gjoko Vellkovski will be Minister of Labor and Social Welfare.
Remaining in current positions will be Krenar Loga, Minister of Justice, Bujar Osmani, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Fatmir Besimi, Minister of Finance, Kreshnik Bekteshi, Minister of Economy, Lupco Nikolovski, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Economy, Fatmir Mexhiti, Minister of Health. Jeton Shaqiri Minister of Education, Risto Penov Minister of Local Self-Government, Bisera Kostadinovska Stojčevska Minister of Culture, Azir Aliu Minister of Information Society and Administration, Blagoj Bocvarski Minister of Transport and Communications, Kaja Shukova Minister of Environment, Fatmir Bytyqi Minister without portfolio for economic affairs and Slavica Gërkovska, minister without portfolio responsible for good governance policies.
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