Tag: April 27th

Zoran Zaev, the incumbent prime minister of North Macedonia yesterday in a late night press conference resigned from his prime ministerial post and also from the post of the president of the SDSM political party, after the defeat of his party in the second round of the local elections. However, he remains adamant that early parliamentary elections are not...

The week began with arrests for the tragic bus accident and embezzlement in the intelligence services and ended with a terrorism verdict in court. From the 18 defendants without amnesty in the organized terrorist attack on the Parliament of the Republic of North Macedonia on April 27, 2017, 16 were sentenced to a total of 211 years in prison on...

In the latest development in the case against the participants in the violence in Parliament on April 27, 2017, yesterday the former Minister of Transport and Communications and former high-ranking official of VMRO-DPMNE, Mile Janakieski, former Minister of Labor and Social Policy and Education, Spiro Ristovski, were taken into custody yesterday, while former Parliament Speaker Trajko Veljanoski, after the...

Up to this morning, 12 requests for amnesty were submitted to the Criminal Court Skopje by the defendants involved in the violent events that took place in the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia from 27 April 2017. Each of the defendants from "April 27" has the right to apply for amnesty if he or she considers meets the requirements prescribed by the Law. The...

After today's hearing on the violent incursion on Parliament, which took place on 27 April last year, came to an end, public prosecutor Vilma Ruskovska said that, as a prosecutor who had invested a lot of time and effort in the case, but also as a citizen, is not satisfied with the amnesty law. She pointed out that there will...

The Subgroup for Reconciliation in Parliament has prepared a draft amnesty law that will be submitted to the Co-ordinative Body for Reconciliation today, and if accepted, the draft-law will be put into parliamentary procedure to be brought in via a fast-track process. Zekir Ramčilović, from the independent parliamentary group of VMRO-DPMNE, who heads the subgroup, said that its members reached a...

The attack on Parliament on April 27 was commanded by the VMRO-DPMNE paramilitary headquarters. "For a United Macedonia" was formed by VMRO-DPMNE and had fictitious leaders. At the protests organized by "For a United Macedonia" 80% were from VMRO-DPMNE, who provided all the requisites which were used. I have seen all the leaders of the protest at the VMRO-DPMNE...

A judge in a preliminary hearing has ordered the 30 day detention of former Director of the Security and Counterintelligence Administration (UBK), Vladimir Atanasovski, after an evening hearing in the Criminal Court. Atanasovski was arrested last night in front of the building opposite the Ministry of Interior. He is charged with "criminal association for purposes of hostile activity" after several past hearings...

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, following a meeting with the Coordinative Body for Reconciliation and Integration in Parliament, said that a consensus was reached on the reconciliation process and preparation for a legal solution. "Let's now leave it to the legal teams, who under the leadership of these special groups will take the next steps. Today, we expressed political will. With...

At the first meeting of the Parliamentary Coordinative Body for Reconciliation, the dynamics for work in the interest of the processes and establishing cooperation were determined, informed the co-chair of the body, Frosina Remenski. She stated that at today's meeting, they agreed to form three working groups on integration, reforms and reconciliation. "Integration refers to the constitutional changes for EU and...

VMRO-DPMNE has submitted a bill for amnesty for those involved and organized the attack in Parliament on April 27, last year. At a press conference, coordinator of the VMRO-DPMNE parliamentary group, Dragan Danev, said that it was suggested that Parliament should pass the law via a fast-track procedure. "This law foresees and regulates the manner of freedom from criminal prosecution, stopping...

The Helsinki Committee for Human Rights has not found any violations of procedures under the Constitution and the Laws regarding the detainment of six MPs suspected of violence, which occurred in Parliament on the 27th of April, last year. Today, the Helsinki Committee reported that they had come to this conclusion after complaints were filed by MPs from the opposition VMRO-DPMNE, concerning...

The Public Prosecutor's Office for Prosecuting Organized Crime and Corruption requested that the Criminal Court extend the detention of suspects connected to the violence in the Parliament on April 27th.. "The Public Prosecutor's Office for the Prosecution of Organized Crime and Corruption submitted to the competent Basic Court Skopje 1 a proposal for the continuation of the pronounced detention measure...

At today’s session, the Government established a draft decision on the adoption of the annual program for work of the Macedonian Radio Television (MRT) for 2018 and a draft decision on the approval for the 2018 financial plan for MRT. “This decision is accompanied with the Government’s opinion stating that the untimely placement of the annual program for MRT’s work...

After today's testomonies, the Criminal Court ruled that MPs Krsto Mukoski, Ljuben Arnaudov and Saso Vasilevsk be taken into custody and detained. Those MPs are suspected of the violence in Parliament on April 27th. Their colleagues, Žaklina Peshevska, Johan Tarculovski and Ljupco Dimovski, received a measure of house arrest. Mukoski, Arnaudov and Vasilevski were accompanied by police escorts from the...

On Thursday, at a plenary session, Parliament decided to approve the request from the Skopje Basic Court to revoke the immunity and to detain MPs Krsto Mukovski, Ljuben Arnaudov, Johan Tarculovski, Sašo Vasilevski, Ljupco Dimovski and Žaklina Peshevska, due to their participation in the violence that occurred on April 27th, this year, in Parliament. Every MP was voted for separately, and...

Early this morning, Mitko Chavkov, former director of the Public Security Bureau at the Ministry of Interior, was taken into custody after the Public Prosecution issued a warrant, “Meta” learned from sources within the investigation. His detainment is within the framework of the investigation into the violence that occurred on April 27th, this year, in Parliament. At the time, Mr...