Around 50,000 people participated in the protest march organized by SDSM that was held Sunday. The march kicked off from the Army Hospital in Skopje’s settlement Karpos and the citizens gathered outside the Parliament. They showed Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski the red card and the protest was peaceful without any incidents. SDSM president Branko Crvenkovski stressed that the democracy is violated on each step and advised PM Gruevski to declare early elections. Opposition members submitted three documents to the Parliament: an initiative for change of the electoral code, proposal for forming a commission that will control the voters’ list and a claim for the Parliament’s dissolution.  

Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski told Belgrade’s radio B92 that it is legitimate for the opposition to protest and demand early elections.