Rufi Osmani

The 33 MPs from the opposition Social Democratic Party, SDSM, the Liberal Democrats, LDP, and the New Social Democrats, NSDP, have submitted formal resignations to the speaker of parliament.

They dispute the legitimacy of the April general and presidential elections and attribute the victory of Nikola Gruevski's VMRO DPMNE party to fraud.

The central committee of National Democratic Rebirth, NDR, an ethnic Albanian party headed by former Gostivar mayor Rufi Osmani, said it would not participate in the next parliament, calling last week’s elections illegitimate.