Zoran Zaev, one of the most serious candidates to succeed Branko Crvenkovski, who officially reigned as leader of SDSM, Macedonia’s largest opposition party, has recently said he offered a new concept and a vision. He also said if he was elected new leader, he would propose Radmila Sekerinska as his deputy. It is this statement that has drawn much public attention bearing in mind that what Zaev suggests is a new way of running the party. According to his visions SDSM should be led by one president and one vice president, or a collective party mini-body, which was particularly popular in the 1980s during former Yugoslavia’s breakup. Upon Tito’s death, Yugoslavia was led by a rotating collective presidency, Nova Makedonija reports.

University Professor Zdravko Saveski says that the manner of management is a practical issue, which should help the party be as efficient as possible. In his view, more important is whether the future leader of the party carries out the genuine idea of social democracy – closeness to the people and offering tangible solutions to social problems.