The State Election Commission is getting ready for elections regardless of who and how participates in the local elections in March. At the highest election body in the country, meetings were held Monday to define the activities related to the 24 March vote. Representatives of both the government and the opposition took part in the work of State Election Commission.

According to announcements, Boris Kondarko as representative of SDSM is going to remain in the State Election Commission as its president although his party is about to take the final decision to boycott the local elections. The opposition has not yet decided whether to nominate representatives to the election bodies, as stipulated by the law.