|
|
|
Map of Europe |
Email this citationCIAO DATE: 07/04
Macedonia: Gearing up for Presidential Elections
October 18, 1999
Abstract
On 31 October and 14 November 1999, Macedonian citizens will go to the polls to elect a successor to 82-year-old President Kiro Gligorov, who is stepping down after two terms in office.
All major political parties in Macedonia have a high stake in winning the presidential elections, the first test of political strength since the parliamentary elections of October 1998, which resulted in a change of government from the centre-left to the centre-right. The upcoming presidential elections will also determine whether Macedonia will continue with its model of political cohabitation, in place since autumn1998, or whether one political camp will hold both the government and the presidency.
