The Assembly elected the new Macedonian Government on Saturday with an absolute majority of 78 votes. The opposition parliamentarians did not attend this assembly session. VMRO-DPMNE and BDI form the new ruling coalition that came to power following the first early parliamentary elections in Macedonia, which were held on 1 June this year.

Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski expressed conviction in his address before the parliamentarians on Saturday that the new ruling coalition would be stable, stressing that they would mobilize the overall intellectual capacity in the country over Macedonia’s strategic national interests. With regards to the economy, Gruevski promised continuation of the implementation of the government program “Revival in 100 steps”, economic growth of at least 6 percent, reducing of inflation to 6 percent, and improvement of the infrastructure in the country.