At an SDS meeting in Ohrid for their local branch, the head of the office Tomislav Tuntev informed his colleagues that the information out of Skopje is there will not be local elections in October, as the foreigners have decided the rating of the SDS is too low and they could lose the few mayoral spots they currently hold (Strumica, Kumanovo) to VMRO-DPMNE.
Tuntev added, it is highly likely for local elections to be postponed until at least mid 2018, or pushed back indefinitely – which coincidentally is something we at MINA suggested before the new Government was put in place.
According to the SDS members present at the meeting, in the end Tuntev told his colleagues that in Macedonia, everything depends on the foreigners, and they decide when and if there will be elections.
