After a marathon session that lasted two days, the deputies of the Assembly of North Macedonia with 77 votes in favor and 22 against voted for the new government of Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski.
The government coalition consists of VMRO-DPMNE, the coalition parties VLEN and ZNAM.
SDSM and Left MPs voted against the Government, while the European Front left the session before the vote.
"We need to work on concrete projects. I promise this again to you. The state will be in the hands of the citizens and the institutions will work for them", said Mickoski in the first speech after the vote in the Assembly.
The new government will have 4 more ministries than the previous one. VMRO-DPMNE will lead with 15 portfolios, 6 ministries belong to VLEN and 2 to ZNAM.