BDI is going to use democratic mechanisms to convince the public that the draft law on defenders is biased and must not pass Parliament, said BDI leader Ali Ahmeti after the VMRO-DPMNE MPs withdrew the draft Monday and proposed that it be adopted in summary proceedings. In this way, both parties of the governing coalition have retained their relentless standings – VMRO-DPMNE that the law has to be passed and BDI that the law is biased and they will therefore block Parliament. Ahmeti also commented on the relations in the coalition for the first time.

“The status of Macedonian defenders and NLA fighters should be resolved with a joint law. This is also stated in the report of the European Commission. This issue is being debated, we have different views and misunderstandings, yet a solution needs to be found through dialogue and a compromise,” Ahmeti said.

He added that BDI and VMRO-DPMNE had not discussed the possibility of holding early elections, Nova Makedonija reports.