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The State Secretary of the MOI, Anastasija Ilieska has been appointed as Director of the PRO

The State Secretary for the MOI, Anastasija Ilieska has been appointed the Director of the Public Revenue Office, confirmed the government for “Meta” correspondents. “After appointing Kiril Minoski as Minister of Finance for the current position of the institution, the government has decided the Director of the Regional Unit of the PRO (Public Revenue Office) in Skopje, Petar Esmerov, to...

Amendments to the Law on Internal Affairs: State Secretary at MOI to be appointed by Government

A new proposal has been put forward on the Law on Internal Affairs, and will be discussed today at a plenary session of Parliament. If the proposal is successful, and amendments are made, the State Secretary at the Ministry of Interior (MOI) will be appointed by the government, guided by the advice of the minister, instead of being selected...

DUI asks those pardoned to write to Ivanov, and the President to revoke his decision

The Democratic Union for Integration (DUI) this afternoon in a statement welcomed the adoption of the amendments to the Law on Pardons from Parliament and asked the people pardoned by President Gjorge Ivanov to request that their pardons are revoked, and for the President to act immediately. The party added that the with precision they will work to reform the institutions...

Parliament approves selective pardons

This afternoon Parliament expressly and without debate passed amendments to four laws, including the Law on Pardons, which will allow the President to withdraw the pardons for those who require it of him. On the amendments to the Law on Pardons, 63 MPs voted "for" and none voted against. At today's session, express procedures were adopted for the amendments to the...

Xhaferi: Any normal MP will vote for deleting June 5 from the Electoral Code

MP and the Coordinator of the Parliamentary Group of the Democratic Union for Integration (DUI), Talat Xhaferi today submitted a proposal to Parliament - amendments to the Electoral Code, where articles in the law can be deleted such as the dates for the elections. Xhaferi told "Meta" that in his proposal - amendments to the law should have no new...

SPO: Kosta Krpač was not the reason why we requested amendments to the Law on Witness Protection

Kosta Krpač was not the reason why the Special Prosecutor’s Office requested amendments to the Law on Witness protection, they needed it so they could propose and request protection for various witnesses said the SPO to “Meta”. “The person in question, was not the reason for our requests to change legislation”, replied the SPO briefly to our question: What Kosta...

Journalists tell Ivanov: Without media reforms, there are no conditions for elections

Representatives from five journalists' and media organizations today had a meeting with the President of the country Gjorge Ivanov, who discussed the possibility of resuming talks on media reforms before the election. They, as stated in a statement, told Ivanov that without fully implemented media reforms in Macedonia there will be no conditions for free and credible elections. "Representatives of the...

Vanhoutte: All parties submitted new amendments for the law on the media

The working groups of the political parties on media reform today will try to approach these issues. Belgian facilitator Peter Vanhoutte before the meeting at the MPs Clubhouse said he hoped they would make some progress. “All parties submitted new amendments today, and we will be discussing that. I think it is good that everyone agreed to the meeting and...

SDSM submitted 984 amendments to draft laws for the forming of a university

The parliamentary group SDSM submitted 984 amendments to draft laws for the forming of the university "Dame Gruev". Goran Sugareski, coordinator of the parliamentary group of SDSM said. Goran Sugareski, coordinator of the parliamentary group of SDSM said that the decision on the establishment of the new university has fully breached the procedure for the decision to establish a new university. “As...

Katica Janeva wants more jurisdiction on protected witnesses

Katica Janeva with the amendments on the the existing law on protected witnesses is going to request a an upgrade on the use these kind of witnesses. At the same time, with these amendments she'll be requesting by law for the Special Prosecution to be able to propose and seek protection for certain witnesses, confirmed the spokeswoman for the...

The Government will revoke the “Law for Honoraries”

The "Law for Honoraries" or the Law that requires contributions being paid for part-time and one-time jobs, will be revoked. The request for its termination was accepted yesterday at a government session. According to finance minister Zoran Stavreski, the termination of the paying of contributions for part-time work is because in the meantime “the Government had introduced another packet of...

More than 200 amendments in the Parliament’s budget rebalancing meeting

The Parliament's Commission for Financing and Budget convened today to hold the third series of amendment talks for the rebalancing of the budget. There had been more than 200 amendments from the group of DPA and from the independent MP Roza Topuzova-Karevska.

DOM requires amendments to the Electoral Code, to be 50 percent women in politics

Forum of Women of DOM congratulated 8th of March, International Women's Day, to all women in the Republic of Macedonia. In a statement of the party it is read that they support the platform "Planet 50-50" by 2030, set by the United Nations. - We propose to provide equal representation of women and men in politics in the Republic of...

Assembly decided: Police is allowed to use rubber bullets

On yesterday's parliamentary session, MPs passed amendments to the Law on Police, which allows the use of rubber bullets in cases of violence on protests and public gatherings. The amendments, except the use of rubber bullets, also project the use of electric paralyzers and shock bombs. With the new amendments to the law, police will have the authority to record, i.e....

Vote on constitutional amendments postponed

This evening, the parliamentary majority failed to secure 82 votes on constitutional amendments, hence after several long breaks, Speaker Trajko Veljanoski interrupted the session. He didn’t specify when it will continue. This morning, as we reported, sources of VMRO-DPMNE said that they wait for Ali Ahmeti, the leader of DUI. If he is able to attend the session...

The session on constitutional amendments to continue on Friday

Session on which MPs will discuss constitutional amendments will continue on Friday. After completing the debate on amendment 37 of the Constitution which defines the maximum of the budget deficit and public debt, Speaker of the Assembly Veljanoski adjourned. MPs discussed the amendment regulating the state budget deficit of Macedonia, i.e. the restriction of three percent, while the public debt...