The coalition of VMRO-DPMNE and SDSM struck in support of Blagoja Despotovski in Kicevo filed complaints Tuesday about seven polling stations that may bring into question BDI candidate Fatmir Dehari’s first round victory. The results in Kicevo have been heating up the political atmosphere since Monday, especially after BDI and leader Ali Ahmeti celebrated with a grand concert the fact that an ethnic Albanian has been elected mayor of the municipality for the first time. Prime Minister and VMRO-DPMNE leader Nikola Gruevski visited Kicevo and the party headquarters Tuesday in a little tense atmosphere to discuss the newly created situation. He was welcomed by a few hundred residents of Kicevo, some of whom protested, as others supported him chanting “Kicevo is Macedonia!”

“I understand the anger of the people because I feel the same anger. They have problems now and challenges and those are my problems and challenges as well and that is why I am here. I came here to Kicevo, unlike certain others, who came neither in the past nor now, and unlike some that wished to create discord. We are going to continue supporting Kicevo. Kicevo is and will remain Macedonia and the Government is going to triple its effort in the future to help these people, create more jobs and bring more investments so the residents of Kicevo can get what they deserve  - a better life,” Gruevski said to the assembled residents, after meeting Blagoja Despotovski.