Tag: abolition

  Around 50 eggs ended up in the window of the People's Office of President Gjorge Ivanov located in the city center. Several hundred citizens revolted after the President's decision to grant amnesty and pardon all politicians, and sent him a message calling him a rubber ficus plant. Demonstrators chanted "Jorge, you're a rubber plant", "Mafia in prison", "Murderers, murderers", "No justice...

Several dozens of citizens gathered today at 18:00 in front of the premises of the Special Prosecutor's Office to express support for the work of the institution. The gathering was a reaction to President Gjorge Ivanov decision to grant amnesty and pardon all politicians who are under preliminary investigations, those involved in court proceedings and those who have at present...

The President, Gjorge Ivanov, today came to the decision to pardon and grant amnesty to all politicians who are undergoing judicial proceedings. Ivanov said this afternoon, in an address to the citizens of the Republic of Macedonia. It is yet to be seen how Ivanov's decision will affect preliminary proceedings and all investigative procedures opened by Special Public Prosecution against current...

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...