Lider SDSM-a Zoran Zaev nazvao ga je "političkim marketingom"; njegova stranka napala je premijera Nikolu Gruevskog zbog istupa na građevinskim lokacijama u navodnom naporu da pomogne kandidatima VMRO-DPMNE.
SDSM head Zoran Zaev called it "political marketing"; his party blasted Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski for appearing at construction sites in an alleged effort to aid VMRO-DPMNE candidates.