The stance of the opposition has remained unchanged. They believe that after what happened on 24 December last year, there is no democracy and therefore seek early parliamentary elections together with the local. At the same time, governing VMRO-DPMNE suspect that the threats of their political opponent of an election boycott coupled with their frequent protest marches in various forms are part of the strategy of the opposition for full mobilization of their members before the local showdown.

At the end of the protest car convoy on Sunday that started in the Skopje quarter of Aerodrom and ended outside the Government, SDSM Secretary General Andrej Petrov said that the opposition had absolutely no intention of running in the local elections.