The parliamentary Committee for Political System is reviewing legislative amendments to abolish the caretaker government - a mechanism activated three times in Macedonia: 2016 (Emil Dimitriev, VMRO-DPMNE), 2020 (Oliver Spasovski, SDSM) and 2024 (Talat Xhaferi, DUI).

Deputy Minister of Public Administration Laze Jakimoski explains that the caretaker government was "a temporary solution during pronounced political and institutional crisis" to ensure electoral consensus. The proposed amendments aim to create a stable legal framework through constitutional institutions.

SDSM is categorical: "The conditions for abolishing the caretaker government have not been met and it must stay." Filipche is blunt - the system is captured, the state is not mature enough for this, and the ruling party wants to quietly scrap the only mechanism for controlling the electoral process.

Both sides have points - but neither has an answer to the core question: if the caretaker government is abolished, who guarantees fair elections? The institutions? The same institutions that three prime ministers had to replace just to hold elections?