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Gaber, Darlishta, Starova and Murati: The abolition of the Amnesty Law is completely unfounded

Constitutional Judges Natasha Gaber-Damjanovski, Ismail Darlishta, Gzime Starova and Sali Murati today came out with their own separate opinion on the amendments made to the Amnesty Law, which the Constitutional Court changed on the 16th of this month, which allows the President to pardon people who have been convicted of electoral fraud and crime, pedophilia and drug-trafficking. In their dissenting opinion,...

SPO: We have no comment on the Constitutional Court’s decision regarding the Amnesty Law

The Special Prosecutor's Office did not want to comment on the decision made by the Constitutional Court who abolished the amendments to the Amnesty Law from 2009, and now have allowed the President to pardon people convicted or prosecuted for electoral fraud. This decision of the Constitutional Court has been generally interpreted as an intervention by the ruling party VMRO-DPMNE, whose...

US Embassy: Why is the session at the Constitutional Court closed?

With the hashtag "Question of the Day", the Embassy of the United States today on "Twitter" asked "Why would the Constitutional Court close today’s session? Transparency is key to any institution. " This message was also tweeted via the British Ambassador to Macedonia Charles Garret on his Twitter. Today the Constitutional Court of Macedonia at the session, which began just after...

Constitutional Court still deciding on Amnesty Law for electoral fraud

The Constitutional Court of Macedonia is in a session that started today exactly at 9:00 am to decide whether the President will have the right returned to him to pardon persons convicted of electoral fraud or for the current decision to remain, which was disabled by amendments in 2009. Because of this initiative, yesterday in the streets of the capital...

The all night protest was cancelled due to security reasons

Civil Platform "Ajde," cancelled their all night vigil before the Constitutional Court tonight due to security reasons tonight after it was allegedly announced that the ruling party were bringing people from across Macedonia in buses to the capital to counter the vigil protest. “ We believe that for security reasons, it is best to cancel vigil. We have been told...

Citizens call for the resignations of the five judges who usurped the Constitutional Court

Several thousands of people who are protesting under the motto "To defend the Constitution from the Constitutional Court" and went by the Government, and gathered outside the building of the new Macedonian National Theatre. There is a set of fencing where a several dozen police officers stand, and behind them are armored vehicles and members of the special police forces....

A group of citizens have blocked the entrances to the Constitutional Court

Several hundred people gathered this afternoon before the Constitutional Court, they say,it is in defense of the institutions of the Republic of Macedonia. At the protest there were mostly young people and pensioners, who claimed that they had come voluntarily and and by their own initiative to defend the constitutional order of the country. Before the assembled citizens the President of...

Minister of Justice is against changing the Amnesty Law

The current Law on Amnesty is good and there is no need to change it, says Justice Minister Adnan Jashari. This is the Minister of Justice’s first comment on the initiative to the Constitutional Court which opens the possibility of the President to be able to pardon persons convicted of electoral fraud, pedophilia and crimes against humanity. “I have the...

The Constitutional Court again requests Parliament’s opinion on Amnesty law

The Constitutional Court has again requested an opinion from the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia on the law that would deny the President his constitutional rights so he can not pardon persons convicted of electoral fraud and pedophiles. Parliament has 7 to 30 days to come out and give their opinion. Parliament and the government have said and assessed that...

The Constitutional Court has accepted the initiative for Amnesty for electoral fraud

With 5 votes "for" and 4 "against", the Constitutional Court has accepted the initiative for the President to pardon people who have been convicted of electoral fraud. The Court today discussed the initiative for assessing the constitutionality and legality of the Amnesty Law. The opinion of the judges over this legislation was divided, some thought no changes should be made,...

The Constitutional Court will debate the return of amnesty for electoral fraud

Tomorrow the Constitutional Court has a session scheduled for 9:00 am, and as the third item on the agenda are the amendments for amnesty, where the President of the country will be able to pardon persons convicted of electoral fraud, it said on the website of the court. With the amendments made in 2009, the President can not pardon persons convicted...

Prisoners have gone back to prison food

Inmates from the prison in Stip suspended their hunger strike, which gave President of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia, Trajko Veljanoski, time to answer the initiative of collect signatures for amendments to the Law on Amnesty. More than 200 inmates who refused prison food, last night had dinner in the canteen. Regardless of the termination of the hunger...