Summary
Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski moved ahead on Monday with plans to hold an early parliamentary election on April 24 under a European Union-brokered deal to end a year of political crisis, but the opposition said it would boycott the vote.
Gruevski last week tendered his resignation and parliament was expected to convene on Monday to ratify it, clearing the way for an April 24 election.
However, the main opposition party, the Social Democrats, says not all conditions have been met for a free and fair election in the tiny ex-Yugoslav republic and has called for the vote to be postponed or it will boycott.
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