Srgjan Kerim is not going to run for president. The former Chairman of the 62nd Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations and Director for Southeast Europe of the media company WAZ said at a press conference that he did not want to be part of political bargaining and that circumstances in Macedonia were not yet mature for a political consensus over an above-party figure to race for the presidential post.

Kerim explained that the party consultations over his candidacy took long and that he had the highest rating among voters, as evidenced by the latest opinion polls.