TIRANA, Mar. 19 – In an interview for North Macedonian media on Monday, Socialist Diaspora Minister Pandeli Majko said that only an agreement between the government and the opposition can get the country out of the deadlock it is currently facing.
Majko, who was also the country’s Prime Minister in the past, said that the opposition’s decision to resign its parliamentary mandates was quite extreme and that only a bilateral mediation between both sides could help the situation.
In an interview for the Macedonian media “Almakos,” Rama’s government minister said he believes that if there is no agreement, then a definitive solution will be imposed by the internationals on the parties.
“Obviously, the opposition has chosen a very radical way to create events that draw full attention on it. How much will it succeed, that is a question weighting on the opposition more than the government. Will we have mediation? I think yes. We will have mediation. The good thing would be to close this story between the parties. But now I think we have come to a point where things are getting worse, they are not getting easier. My concern is that the internationals will come and say: you will do this,” Majko said.
High opposition ranks have also suggested Majko’s name as a possible option for temporary PM until early elections can take place, or as an official mediator between the parties, but he denied both options due to what he deems conflict of interest.
“No, I will not accept to be a mediator between the parties. I have a conflict of interest because I am a member of the government. Do I have friendly relations with my opposition colleagues? Yes, it is true that I have good relationships with them. I started political career not in the Socialist Party directly, but in the Student Movement, being one of its leaders. Then I stood left, starting from family reasons,” said Majko.
According to Majko, the political crisis in the country was created as a result of the fact the era of a generation of politicians who entered politics after the 90s has ended.
“Politics, in all its reach, is a relationship with the dream of the future. When you lose sight of that, you are old in politics and it’s time to leave.”
