The Basic Court has requested the Ministry of Interior issue an arrest warrant for former prime minister Nikola Gruevski, after searching for him for several days to serve him the issued decision for going to prison.
The Ministry of Interior stated that they “acted upon the order”, which should mean that they had issued an arrest order.
“We inform you that the Basic Court Skopje 1 issued an order to apprehend the person you asked for and on 12.11.2018 at 16.30h it was delivered to the SVR Skopje and requested an arrest warrant to be issued. The Ministry of the Interior, immediately after receiving it, acted upon the order”, the statement said.
Gruevski was sentenced to two years in prison in the “Tank” case for illegally procuring a luxury Mercedes, a court case led by the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office.