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Helsinki Committee: Number of hate speech complaints on the rise in North Macedonia

From 1st of January to 30th of April this year there were 298 complaints about various categories of hate speech lodged at the web platform govornaomraza.mk, shows the monitoring of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights, carried out with a special focus on three pilot-municipalities: Shtip, Bitola and Tetovo. "There was a notable increase of the number of complaints compared...

Flooded with 500 complaints, Commission for Free Access to Information awaits final members

The Commission for the Protection of the Right to Free Access to Public Information can not function or make decisions because two members are missing, as there must be five members for decisions to be made. Therefore, around 500 complaints are waiting for completion by the entire commission, say experts from the Commission. “The expert service of the Commission, ie the Secretariat, works...

Parties submitted 103 complaints to the SEC concerning the second round of local elections

Political parties submitted 103 complaints to the State Election Commission for the second round of the local elections, SEC spokesperson Ljupka Guguchevska told “Meta”. The most complaints have been filed by Besa - even 89. The Alliance for Albanians filed 13 complaints and one complaint was filed by NDM. The SEC has a 48 hour deadline to respond to the complaints. “Complaints...

27 complaints were lodged to the Administrative Court about rejected complaints by SEC

A total number of 27 complaints were lodged at the Administrative Court by political parties this evening against the decisions made by the State Election Commission (SEC) concerning the complaints about the first round of local elections, that were organized on the 15th of October, announced the court. Otherwise, the deadline for lodging appeals concerning rejected complaints by SEC...

During a marathon session, the SEC rejected all complaints from the election

The State Election Commission (SEC) has rejected all the complaints which were submitted for voting and summarizing the results of the first round of the local elections that took place on Sunday, October 15th. A spokeswoman for the SEC, Ljupka Gugucevska told “Meta” that during their marathon session, which began yesterday at around 10:00 am, ended this morning and that...

VMRO-DPMNE submitted 43 complaints to the SEC, the Levica Party, Alliance for Albanians and TMRO with 1

A total of 46 complaints regarding the procedure for voting, tabulating and determining the results of the local elections, which took place on Sunday, October 15,th were submitted to the State Election Commission. Most complaints - 43, were submitted by the opposition VMRO-DPMNE, and one complaint was submitted by TMRO, the Alliance for the Albanians and the Levica Party. The deadline for submitting complaints...

VMRO-DPMNE filed 22 complaints with the SEC

VMRO-DPMNE and the Coalition for a Better Macedonia, TMRO and the Alliance for Albanians are the only parties that have filed complaints to the State Election Commission regarding the procedure for voting, tabulating and determining results, said the SEC. The opposition VMRO-DPMNE filed 22 complaints in total, some of which are for the voting procedure, and part for the tabulation...

OSCE/ODIHR: The elections happened in accordance with the international standards

Yesterday's elections were held in accordance with the international standards and have contributed to the strengthening of the trust in the democratic process, concluded the international observers led by OSCE/IDIHR and the delegation of the Congress of local and regional authorities at the Council of Europe. -Even though the process isn't over yet, at these elections the democratic process...

Administrative Court accepts appeal by SDSM and has annulled the vote in Tearce

The Council of the Administrative Court accepted SDSM’S appeal and has annulled the votes from polling station number 2011 in Tearce, in Constituency 6. The complaint and appeal made by SDSM is related to a certain polling station, where at the beginning of the vote, a ballot was reported and marked as missing, which was eventually found during the count...

Who manages the Administrative Court who will determine the election results?

Political parties SDSM and VMRO-DPMNE, before the deadline expires (tonight at midnight), said they would file complaints to the Administrative Court over some of the decisions made by the SEC regarding the course of the voting process in the elections held on December 11. The Administrative Court, however, according to Article 150 of the Electoral Code, after receiving complaints,...

SDSM will file four complaints to the Administrative Court

By then end of the day, SDSM will file four complaints to the Administrative Court concerning the voting in polling stations in Constituency 6, announced today SDSM spokesman, Petre Shilegov. "The Administrative Court has to take into account all the main arguments in the lawsuits. The SEC did not respond to the serious task of fully protecting the electoral process...

Lynch lists circulating on social networks after yesterday’s protests outside the SEC

Last night during a protest by supporters of the VMRO-DPMNE before the State Election Commission, where members were reviewing complaints and objections made by the parties during the elections, on social networks, lists of names and addresses appeared of some of the protesters from the "Colourful Revolution". Along with the lists, there were calls urging VMRO-DPMNE supporters to "visit"...

SEC has dismissed two complaints made by SDSM over irregularities before voting

The State Election Commission has dismissed the two complaints made by the SDSM regarding polling stations 2010 and 2025 which were located in the sixth election unit in Tearce. The complaints regarding these polling stations concerned rewritten transcripts, and the discrepancy between the numbers of voters to the number of votes. SEC member from the SDSM, Igor Milev stated that the...

The SEC want to see the records from polling station 2011 to determine when the ballot went missing

The State Election Commission has started to act on the complaints by SDSM regarding voting at certain polling stations and have had a long discussion on the first of the eight complaints, which refers to the polling station 2011 in the sixth district. At the polling station, according to SDSM’s complaint, at the start of the voting process it was...

Chichakovski: Voter turnout throughout constituencies is around 11%

Polling stations opened on time, voting has been running smoothly and for now there is no information on any major irregularities, reported the President of the State Election Commission, Aleksandar Chichakovski at a press conference in the SEC. Throughout constituencies until 10:00 am, voter turnout is around 11%. On a national level the turnout so far is 9.49%. “Turnout in Constituency...

Four anticorruption proceedings start due to employment ahead of elections

Today the State Commission for the Prevention of Corruption (DKSK) at a public session e on four cases of illegal employment in public institutions and enterprises in the pre-election period. The complaints of corruption were submitted by he Social Democratic Union of Macedonia, and out of five complaints, the DKSK did not accept the complaint concerning the employment of the IT...

The SEC will intersect data to investigate the integrity of the complaints from citizens

Tonight, the State Election Commission (SEC) unanimously decided , that after hundreds of complaints from citizens, they will intersect data to investigate the integrity of the complaints made by citizens by cross-checking the data from various institutions, reports TV "Telma" "This is in regard to all the reports from citizens about people who do not live at reported addresses, or have emigrated abroad....

The SEC rejected the complaints by Mitko Chavkov

As if unrelated to the elections, the State Election Commission (SEC) rejected the complaints from the Deputy Minister of Interior, Mitko Chavkov regarding the three decisions made by Minister Oliver Spasovski concerning the appointing of certain Head's of Departments. The three decisions are regarding the appointment of Primislav Dimovski, the new Head of the “Alfa” unit, the appointment of Branko Rakic ​​as...

New criminal charges have been filed against prosecutors from the Special Public Prosecution

New charges have been filed against prosecutors from the Special Public Prosecutor's Office, the media has reported. The charges have been filed by people from Sveti Nikole who were called upon to be interviewed. Afterwards they complained that associates of Janeva were humiliating and intimidating them, even blackmailing them. The charges for abuse while performing his or her duty, are under Article...

Minister Remenski: Dime Spasov left 6603 households without social welfare

During a special inspection of all social welfare centres across the country. Investigators today found many shortcomings in the operation of these institutions, said the Minister of Labour and Social Policy, Frosina Remenski. “From September 2014 to September 2015 the number of households receiving social welfare decreased. 6603 households no longer received social welfare. If we have 6603 households with a...