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Auer: The agreement should be given a chance
Ms Laurence Auer, the French Ambassador in Macedonia, today expressed concern about the implementation of the Przhino Agreement and said that they believe in it fully, and that the agreement should be given a chance for it to be implemented in full.
Ms Auer, at the meeting of Parliament and the Parliamentary Friendship Group with the French Parliament, did not say...
DUI: We are looking at all options regarding the implementation of the Przhino Agreement
For DUI the implementation of the Przhino Agreement is a very important, fully and without further delay. The Special Prosecutors team should be completed and other laws should be submitted in Parliament, said the DUI leader Ali Ahmeti in a meeting with Deputy US Ambassador Bart Putney, today at the US Embassy in Skopje.
Mr Ahmeti said that "both Macedonian...
The parties are playing a high-powered blame game
After a day of silence after the statement of the Ambassadors in Macedonia sent a message to the political parties for the immediate implementation of the Przhino Agreement. Today, participants from the working groups again started accusing each other of violating the agreement.
Antonio Milososki of the VMRO-DPMNE before the MPs Clubhouse in Skopje accused SDSM of
“deepening the political crisis,...
Spasovski: We do not want to govern together with VMRO-DPMNE
“VMRO-DPMNE have violated the Przhino Agreement. Assistant Special Prosecutors have not yet been selected, and the Special Prosecutor can not begin to work”, said the Secretary General Oliver Spasovski from SDSM at a press conference.
He said that it is obvious that VMRO-DPMNE are not ready to face the responsibility.
“No agreement has been made on the law for government which provides...
Miloshoski urges the SDSM to pass electoral code in Parliament tomorrow
For two weeks now, the SDSM tends not to reach any agreement, said Antonio Milososki accusingly from the VMRO-DPMNE, a participant in the working groups.
Today in front of the MPs Clubhouse in Skopje, he said that for 10 days they have been discussing the Law on Government and the responsibilities of Ministers and the Deputy Ministers, but the SDSM...
Vanhoutte gave the parties a new draft law on the authorities of the Ministers
The facilitator in the negotiations of the political parties signatory to the Przhino Agreement, Peter Vanhoutte, submitted a new draft law on the powers of Ministers and Deputy ministers for the new joint Interim Government. The proposal was transferred from previous talks between the parties, and primarily concerns the credentials the new Interior Minister would need to have.
It was...
Party leaders have agreed to continue negotiations
After two and a half hours of negotiations, the leaders of VMRO-DPMNE, SDSM, DUI, and DPA Nikola Gruevski, Zoran Zaev, Ali Ahmeti and Menduh Thaci agreed that talks on the Przhino Agreement will resume tomorrow with bilateral meetings.
Belgian facilitator Peter Vanhoutte said he expects negotiations next week to intensify.
“We agreed to continue negotiations, we expect them to intensify and to...
The Przhino Agreement can fail due to misinterpretation and poor translation
The biggest problem between the political parties, which are apparently on a "good path" to overturn the Przhino Agreement, is the law on the moratorium on the "Bombs" and the law on the Government.
VMRO-DPMNE require the law for a moratorium on the "bombs" to include all recorded materials and insists on prison sentences for the media if they publish...
Vanhoutte: If there is no agreement over SEC by November, elections in April are almost impossible
Belgian facilitator Peter Vanhoutte said today that if no agreements are made on the details of the functioning of the State Election Commission by the beginning of November, elections in April are almost impossible.
He says that now we now need to ask whether the political parties want to reach a full agreement, and according to him, there are obstructions...
If there is no deal this weekend, Przhino is over!
This weekend it will be known exactly in which direction the country will be moving in if negotiations are successful, learns "Meta" from diplomatic sources.
“Negotiations always should be given a few more chances. These days just bilateral meetings will be held and the working group will meet only if it is to reach a certain agreement”, our sources tell...
Johannes Hahn in Skopje on Monday
Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, on Monday will travel to Skopje.
“We are closely monitoring developments and urge all parties to continue to work on implementing the Przhino Agreement. Commissioner Hahn plans next week to visit the country, to be exact, he arrives on Monday”, said his spokeswoman, Maja Kocijancic.
Zaev: I will not comment on Janeva’s team, but I have full confidence
SDSM leader Zoran Zaev, during his visit to Stip today, refused to be drawn on comments or questions on the selection, or composition of Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva's team of prosecutors. Zaev announced, this weekend, that the SDSM should start reviewing ministerial and deputy positions that will be included as part of the Government's 20th of October solution provided by...
DUI does not want an acitve registration of voters, but a combing of the list from various institutions
The purging of the electoral roll, the question of the Diaspora vote and the election and powers of the State Election Commission (SEC) were all topics at the Przhino Agreements negotiations today, which began at noon, in the Deputies Club in Skopje.
Reportedly, the only occurrence of views on the selection of SEC members, who are elected by the formula...
Parties taken by suprise: Today working groups will discuss the Ohrid Framework Agreement
Before the start of today's negotiations in the Przhino Agreement, the agenda of the meeting was changed, namely, at the request of DUI. The working groups are now scheduled to discuss the implementation of the Ohrid Framework Agreement "Meta" has discovered. Caught by surprise by the changes were the negotiators who were told on the spot of the new...
Van Houte has given the working groups a small vacation until monday
The working groups of the political parties currently working on the Przino Agreement will enjoy some rest until the Belgian expert and facilitator in the negotiations, Peter van Hoyt returns on Monday as Peter van Houte will be spending the weekend in his native Belgium.
At the beginning of next week everyone returns to the negotiating table and will again...
Tomorrow, working groups will ‘sort out’ the media
The working groups of the political parties who are part of the Przhino Agreement start talks tomorrow about the media and the manner in which they work.
According to the Chairman of the Working Group for SDSM, Robert Popovski, the meeting should be attended by organizations who actually work in the field of media.
“We have proposals, suggestions which we will...
Badinter in SEC?
Today SEC (State Election Committee) is expected to reach a full and final agreement on the composition and selection of its institution. According to our sources within the political parties, DUI's proposal was perceived as acceptable and decisions are to be made by a majority of a Badinter system, by the newly elected State Election Commission.
It is already known...
Ahmeti: It’s important that all steps of the Przhino Agreement are implemented
The Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, met with the DUI leader Ali Ahmeti, and discussed the implementation of the Przhino Agreement to overcome the political crisis.
“We find it important that all steps of the agreement should be implemented to find a solution to this political crisis and political leaders to be true to their...
Today new rounds of negotiations: Agreement on electoral issues to be reached by the end of the month
Today, meetings continued at the Club of Deputies between working groups of the various Macedonian political parties who have signed up to the Przhino Agreement. On today's agenda, electoral law, overseas voting, and addressing any contamination of the electoral list.
According to information from the working groups, these issues are not expected to have easy negotiations however these matters have...
Katica Janeva has been selected as the new Special Public Prosecutor
Katica Janeva, a prosecutor from Gevgelija has been selected as the new Special Public Prosecutor. Marathon negotiations lasted until this morning between the four main parties, 'Meta' discovered.
As previously reported by "Meta", after marathon talks between working teams of the negotiating groups, the parties also reached an agreement this morning for a special law for the Special Public Prosecutor.
According...
