About 20 percent of the citizens of Macedonia place their trust in the leader of ruling VMRO-DPMNE and Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski in comparison to opposition SDSM leader, who enjoys the support of only 4,6%, says a phone poll of the Institute for Democracy and Macedonian Center for International Cooperation (MCIC).

DUI leader Ali Ahmeti scores 4,3 percent, followed by Radmila Sekerinska - 2,9%; Rufi Osmani - 2,3%; Imer Selmani - 1,7 %; Menduh Tachi - 1,6%...

The poll, conducted on representative sample of 1.112 respondents, also says that 22,6% favor the ruling VMRO-DPMNE. Opposition SDSM would collect the votes of 10,7% if the elections were held today. Five percent would vote for DUI, 1,9% for DPA ... A total of 28,1% said they would not vote, while 16,4 had not decided yet on their favorites.