16 March 2016
Civil Platform “Ajde,” cancelled their all night vigil before the Constitutional Court tonight due to security reasons tonight after it was allegedly announced that the ruling party were bringing people from across Macedonia in buses to the capital to counter the vigil protest. “ We believe that for security reasons, it is best to cancel […]
15 March 2016
Several thousands of people who are protesting under the motto “To defend the Constitution from the Constitutional Court” and went by the Government, and gathered outside the building of the new Macedonian National Theatre. There is a set of fencing where a several dozen police officers stand, and behind them are armored vehicles and members of […]
15 March 2016
Several hundred people gathered this afternoon before the Constitutional Court, they say,it is in defense of the institutions of the Republic of Macedonia. At the protest there were mostly young people and pensioners, who claimed that they had come voluntarily and and by their own initiative to defend the constitutional order of the country. Before […]
10 March 2016
The current Law on Amnesty is good and there is no need to change it, says Justice Minister Adnan Jashari. This is the Minister of Justice’s first comment on the initiative to the Constitutional Court which opens the possibility of the President to be able to pardon persons convicted of electoral fraud, pedophilia and crimes […]
9 March 2016
The Constitutional Court has again requested an opinion from the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia on the law that would deny the President his constitutional rights so he can not pardon persons convicted of electoral fraud and pedophiles. Parliament has 7 to 30 days to come out and give their opinion. Parliament and the […]
24 February 2016
With 5 votes “for” and 4 “against”, the Constitutional Court has accepted the initiative for the President to pardon people who have been convicted of electoral fraud. The Court today discussed the initiative for assessing the constitutionality and legality of the Amnesty Law. The opinion of the judges over this legislation was divided, some thought […]
23 February 2016
Tomorrow the Constitutional Court has a session scheduled for 9:00 am, and as the third item on the agenda are the amendments for amnesty, where the President of the country will be able to pardon persons convicted of electoral fraud, it said on the website of the court. With the amendments made in 2009, the President […]
22 September 2015
Inmates from the prison in Stip suspended their hunger strike, which gave President of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia, Trajko Veljanoski, time to answer the initiative of collect signatures for amendments to the Law on Amnesty. More than 200 inmates who refused prison food, last night had dinner in the canteen. Regardless of […]
