Nikola Gruevski and Ali Ahmeti, leaders of the two parties that polled most votes in the Macedonian and Albanian campus respectively, are said to have commenced the talks about the distribution of ministerial posts in the new government. The way their cake is cut, analysts say, depends on the demands of the Albanian partner.

Based on the information obtained so far, it is obvious that neither Gruevski nor Ahmeti will make a considerable staff change. What is certain is that Nikola Gruevski is the new Prime Minister and Ahmeti remains in Parliament with a great influence on his people in the executive branch.

“There will be new people but the main characteristic of the new government will be the rotation of party officials across sectors,” analysts comment.

Vladimir Pesevski, outgoing Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, Gordana Jankuloska, outgoing Interior Minister, Zoran Stavreski, outgoing Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, Antonio Milososki, outgoing Foreign Minister and Nikola Todorov, outgoing Education Minister, will be shifted from the list of MPs of VMRO-DPMNE to positions in the Government or other government institutions. Pesevski, Stavreski and Milososki are said to retain their former positions, as Gordana Jankulovska is said to be reappointed as Minister of Justice, especially in the light of the recent tragic death of a boy in the center of Skopje.