Macedonian Prime Minister and leader of

Kumanovo, MACEDONIA: Macedonian Prime Minister and leader of the ruling party SDSM, Vlado Buchkovski, greets supporters in the last election rally in Kumanovo 03 July 2006. Macedonia's President Branko Crvenkovski 03 July called on all political parties to ensure forthcoming elections were "free and fair". Polls on 05 July, in which some 1.7 million voters will cast their ballots for 120 members of parliament, are Macedonia's fourth general elections since the country gained independence from the former Yugoslav republic in 1991. AFP PHOTO/ROBERT ATANASOVSKI (Photo credit should read ROBERT ATANASOVSKI/AFP via Getty Images)