The elections will be the first held since the war that polarised the state, left security forces unable to control the crisis region, and turned 15,000 Macedonians into refugees in their own country.
To će takođe biti prvi izbori od okončanja rata koji je polarizovao zemlju, ostavio bezbednosne snage bez mogućnosti da kontrolišu krizne oblasti, i pretvorio 15.000 Makedonaca u izbeglice u sopstvenoj zemlji.