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The May 18 vote came just hours after Macedonia's Constitutional Court temporarily halted all activities for the early elections, RFE/RL reports.

The court said election activities should not continue until it issues a ruling on whether an April 6 vote by lawmakers to dissolve Macedonia's parliament was in line with the constitution.

That ruling is due by May 26 at the latest.

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Before the May 18 court decision, lawmakers had not met in a formal session since they voted to dissolve parliament.

Their April 6 vote was part of an EU-brokered agreement to end a political deadlock linked to a government wiretapping scandal.

But three political parties decided later to boycott the June 5 elections, leaving the ruling VMRO-DPMNE party of former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski as the only one taking part.