Tag: constitutional changes

An agreement has been reached with Bilal Kasami’s wing of BESA, to vote on the constitutional changes, a spokesman for SDSM Kostadin Kostadinov said at a press conference this afternoon. He did not specify what exactly had been agreed, but stressed that it would be explained through party statements. He said that the continuation of the session to vote on constitutional changes...

The leader of VMRO-DPMNE, Hristijan Mickoski called for peaceful protests against, as he says, violently changing the constitutional name of the country, before he was expected to address Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia at 16 o'clock "Today is the final act of a shameful process which the Republic of Macedonia was pushed into by Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and...

The opposition VMRO-DPMNE still say they will not support the constitutional changes, nor will they participate in the debate in Parliament in the third phase, which begins today at noon. Whether this means that MPs will go to the protest taking place in front of Parliament, the coordinator of the parliamentary group Nikola Micevski said that they will state...

The Secretary General of the Alliance for Albanians and Mayor of Gostivar, Arben Taravari, paid an official visit to Brussels today. According to the party, Taravari will meet with senior representatives of EU institutions during his two-day visit, as well as with Macedonia's supporters on the road to EU and NATO integration, such as European Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and...

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev is optimistic that the required majority will be secured in Parliament for the vote on constitutional changes, but says the number of MPs will be known on the day of the vote. "We will know the final number on the day of the vote. The session is scheduled for January 9, and according to the statements...

At a briefing with journalists, Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi said he will not be running in the upcoming presidential election and will remain president of Parliament. As for the idea of Parliament electing the head of state, Xhaferi says that all parliamentary groups should decide, and if there is a consensus, a change to the Constitution should be passed, which would legally...

Russia's foreign minister Sergey Lavrov in an interview with the Greek daily newspaper "Ekathiremini", today announced that he blamed the United States an the EU for brutal systematic interference in the internal affairs of Macedonia. In that context, he said that "On October 19, "Parliament passed a resolution on constitutional changes by blackmailing and bribing MPs from the opposition in...

I am convinced that if Gruevski decides to "hit back" or to use one of his phrases "to stab Macedonia in the back", he could damage Macedonia, but he can't put the security of the country at risk, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev in an interview with Deutsche Welle. "I do not think there are any implications regarding security. Macedonia does not...

With 64 votes "For", 14 "Against" and 2 "Abstentions", Parliament voted in the text of the third draft-amendment for changes to the Constitution envisaged in the Prespa Agreement, which stipulates that the Republic must respect the sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of its neighbouring countries. MPs from VMRO-DPMNE pointed out that Macedonia has no territorial claims in any other...

At the meeting with Nikola Todorov and Mitko Janchev, I talked about the Coordinative Body for Reconciliation and Reforms, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev relied to a journalist's question. "Nikola Todorov and Mayor Mitko Janchev clearly expressed responsibility, I believe that he can encourage certain MPs who know what is the right step, but still do not have the courage to...

The Commission for Constitutional Affairs has adopted the fourth draft of amendments over the weekend, which ended the debate on the draft amendments to the Constitution, in accordance with the Prespa Agreement, between Macedonia and Greece.The draft amendments will be reviewed at a plenary session on December 1st, 2018. The Commission began the debate on the amendments on November 7th and...

Through an inclusive and transparent process, the Government has drafted four draft amendments to amend the Constitution in accordance with the Prespa Agreement, announced Prime Minister Zoran Zaev at a the press conference in Government. "The first amendment will be the replacement of the name Macedonia, with Northern Macedonia throughout the Constitution, except for Article 36, where there is a...

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev believes in a full four-year term mandate and does not feel that there should be early parliamentary elections, but says that for such a decision, the opposition, Albanian political parties and, above all, Parliament are all important. "You know my position, unless it is urgently needed or necessary, only then would there be elections. I believe...

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikola Dimitrov today met with US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, Matthew Palmer, who is on a working visit to Macedonia. at the Macedonian Foreign Ministry The meeting focused on the country's Euro-Atlantic perspectives, as well as the current political situation in Macedonia and the region. They discussed negotiations with NATO,...

The parliamentary plenary session for the Government's proposal for constitutional changes which transpired from the Agreement with Greece has begun. The government's proposal for constitutional changes will be clarified by Prime Minister Zoran Zaev. MPs from VMRO-DPMNE are present at the session, including former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, who after asking for today's hearing of the SPO's "TNT" case be postponed, could attend the...

The prison sentence is political persecution, said former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski after the announcement of the decision by the Appellate Court to uphold the two-year prison sentence for the SPO's "Tank" case (the purchase of Mercedes of 600,000 euros). "This is classic political persecution. I will use all legal avenues available to me. There is no need for new...

We will not have any elections or a more clear demonstration than the upcoming referendum. This message will be conveyed to the public by September 30th, therefore our message is for everyone to exercise their right and express their opinion, said Minister of Defense Radmila Sekerinska while responding to a journalist's question whether early parliamentary elections are plan "B" after MPs...

MPs postponed the vote on amendments to the Constitution for tomorrow. Today MPs discussed the proposal that provides the definition of marriage as a union only between a man and a woman, the establishment of international financial zone which business and organization will be defined by law. The amendments envisage introducing constitutional complaint submitted by a natural or legal person, determining...