With the pardoning of Zoran Zaev President Branko Crvenkovski dealt a heavy blow to fighting crime and corruption, said Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski on Monday, rejecting, however, the idea of impeachment.

"We want to defeat Crvenkovski in elections rather than through impeachment. His decision not to run for office will be a defeat for him as well," he said at a press conference in Ohrid.