(AP-ANSA) - SKOPJE - Tens of thousands of conservative
opposition supporters protested Saturday outside Macedonia's
main government building in the capital of Skopje to demand an
early election.
The VMRO-DPMNE party, which ruled from 2006 to 2017, held a
large anti-government demonstration Saturday against the
left-wing government's one-year rule and wants an early election
held in March or April next year. Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, 43,
took power in May 2017 after 11 years of conservative rule amid
a deep political crisis sparked by a wiretapping scandal in
2015. The opposition claims the government is incompetent, has
devastated the economy, lowered wages and pensions and allowed
corruption to flourish. It also claims the government has
damaged national interests by negotiating with Greece over a
possible new name for the country. (AP-ANSA).
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