“An excuse for the irregularities in the “battle” for Kicevo in the local elections” is how representatives of VMRO-DPMNE see the tour of the leadership of BDI, headed by leader Ali Ahmeti, of a few European countries, during which Ahmeti tells Albanian migrants how important their vote in the local elections in Macedonia, Kicevo in particular, will be, Nova Makedonija reports.

They draw their assessment from similar attempts in past elections when as much as 50 percent of the registered voters cast ballots, although the majority of them were abroad and were not physically present in Macedonia on the election day.