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Levica: The arrest of Saveski is an attempt to frighten us all

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With the arrest of Zdravko Saveski, an executive member of the party ‘Levica” (also known as Left) has now left an opening for all party members to be persecuted, which incidentally came after the announcements of some pro-government movements to ban political parties and civil society groups, said the Levica party at the press conference in-front of the Criminal Court in Skopje.

The party says Saveski is still at ‘Prolet’ police station, where this morning he was summoned for questioning, and then detained. Unofficial sources have told us, he was detained because he had apparently participated in activities in a mob during the protests, which have gripped the country in the past couple of weeks.

According to their information, Saveski at any moment should be brought before a judge for a preliminary hearing, and rumour has it that the Public Prosecution will be requesting that Mr Saveski be remanded in custody.

“We strongly condemn this blatant political persecution on one of our members. Four more members of the Levica party have been summoned to the police station for questioning. Our advice to them, is not to respond to these calls, and not go to the police station because of the danger they may be arrested. We urge the Minister and Deputy Minister of Interior to register their cases, but not to file criminal charges”, said Dimitar Apasiev. Levica has sent two requests, one to the Public Prosecutor not to request detention, and the other to the judge of the preliminary hearing, not to rule for a measure of  custody and leave the process to run without any kind of pressure.

The party and the civil initiative “I protest,” said that this is an attempt to frighten people who are openly protesting against President Ivanov’s decision to grant pardons.

They sent a message that will not succumb to such threats and pressures and urged citizens to take part in even more massive protests which already been occurring in the past two weeks in the capital, and in the other cities.

The MOI confirmed that Saveski had been summoned for questioning by the police station in connection with events which took place in-front of the President Ivanov’s Public Office which was on the first protest on April 12. Professor Saveski went to the police station on his own accord after receiving the summons, and besides him, today at 14:00 another member has been summoned. The Ministry of Interior said that after they finish interviewing Mr Saveski, they will them know whether criminal charges will be filed against him, due to the events which took place in-front of the President’s Public Offcie on April the 12th, when the whole office was completely vandalized.

The Public Prosecution Skopje told “Academik” that one individual had been summoned to the police station, in connection with the protests. There has been no information on whether and where that person will be tried by a public prosecutor.

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