Talat Xhaferi: Albanian and Coalition Deal

talat xhaferi: Zaev's party placed second in a December parliamentary election, behind the conservatives who previously governed, according to Metro News. Unlike the conservatives, he has struck a coalition deal with small ethnic Albanian parties. Talat Xhaferi, an ethnic Albanian, has said he will formally ask President Gjorge Ivanov to hand left-wing opposition leader Zoran Zaev the mandate to govern as prime minister. The president earlier refused to give Zaev the mandate, saying Zaev's pledge to consider enhancing the ethnic Albanian minority's standing would undermine Macedonia's sovereignty. Demonstrators protesting Xhaferi's election as parliament speaker rioted in parliament last week, injuring 100. Ivanov has 10 days to answer the new request. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.