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VMRO-DPMNE lodges motion in the Constitutional Court on the Law on Languages

VMRO-DPMNE lodged a motion in the Constitutional Court asking for ruling on the constitutionality of the Law on Languages, after identical initiative was submitted last week by the university professor Jove Kekenovski. According to the party, the law was passed brutally by the ruling coalition, with complete disregard of the Constitution, the law and the procedure for adopting and...

Ivanov: The laws on languages and its ratification were published unconstitutionally

The publishing of the Law on use of languages and the Law on ratification of the Prespa Agreement in the Official Gazette without the signature of the President of the Republic of Macedonia are contrary to the Constitution, stated the President of the state, Gjorge Ivanov in his press release. He said that the procedure itself behind both laws to...

New amendments to Constitution published in the “Official Gazette”

Amendments from 33 to 36, together with Constitutional Law on their proclamation, which were voted in with 81 votes, were adopted at the 75th session of Parliament, on Friday, and were published in the 6th issue of the "Official Gazette" this year, i.e. on January 12, 2019. With these amendments to the Constitution, after the Prespa Agreement comes into force,...

Mickoski demands extraordinary parliamentary elections together with presidential elections

In his first statement after the adoption of the amendments to the Constitution in Parliament by 81 votes, the leader of the opposition VMRO-DPMNE, Hristijan Mickoski demanded the dissolution of Parliament and for extraordinary parliamentary elections along with presidential elections. Mickoski said he would not support any changes to the Constitution for the change of the constitutional name and that...

Kiracovski claims that he has the minimum of 80 MPs that will vote in favor of the constitutional amendments

SDSM's General Secretary and an MP, Aleksandar Kiracovski at the press conference that took place today at the Parliament informed that the government has secured the support of minimum 80 MPs necessary for the passing of the constitutional amendments. -By initiating the constitutional changes, Macedonia is becoming a part of the EU and NATO. People often ask me whether we...

Seven amendments for constitutional changes were lodged

The Parliament has received seven amendments of the draft-amendments of the Constitution where two were lodged by the Alliance of the Albanians, one from Besa, one from SDSM's MP, Muhamed Zekiri and three from the VMRO-DPMNE's independent MP group and the coalition. Only the MP groups of the opposition party VMRO-DPMNE, nor SDSM's or DUI's MP groups hadn't lodged...

Government passes on final versions of amendments to Parliament

At yesterday's 108th session, the Government adopted the final texts of the amendments to the Constitution and immediately passed them on to Parliament. Amendment 33 reads as follows: "In the Constitution, the words" Republic of Macedonia " will be replaced by the words "Republic of North Macedonia ", and the word "Macedonia" shall be replaced with the words "North Macedonia", except...

2/3 of the steps towards the changes in the Constitution have been done

Up until this moment, the ruling majority has managed to finish 2/3 of the phases that are necessary to accomplish the changes in the Constitution with the constitutional amendments in accordance to the Prespa Agreement between Macedonia and Greece. Out of 15 steps, 5 remain to be done. In the process, the Government that proposed the changes, will need...

All draft-amendments change the Constitution adopted, a public debate follows

After a three-day debate, Parliament adopted the four draft amendments to amend the Constitution in accordance with the Prespa Agreement between Macedonia and Greece. Tomorrow, the public debate on the four draft amendments, which is scheduled in five days, are set to begin, after which the Government will have to formulate proposals for the amendments and then return to be...

Two draft amendments for Constitutional changes adopted, while the debate continues today

The debate on the two remaining draft amendments for constitutional changes, in accordance with the Prespa Agreement, continues today in the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia. Last night, MPs adopted the draft amendments with 65 votes in favor, 18 against and 8 abstentions with which the decisions of ASNOM will be replaced with the Declaration of ASNOM and the...

Commission for Constitutional Amendments adopts all draft amendments to change Constitution

The Commission for Constitutional Affairs has adopted the fourth draft of amendments over the weekend, which ended the debate on the draft amendments to the Constitution, in accordance with the Prespa Agreement, between Macedonia and Greece.The draft amendments will be reviewed at a plenary session on December 1st, 2018. The Commission began the debate on the amendments on November 7th and...

Plenary session to be held on the 1st of December regarding the draft amendments for making changes at the constitution

The session regarding the draft-amendments for changing the constitution in accordance to the Prespa Agreement, that was announced by the government today, will take place on the 1st of December. On Wednesday, the 7th of November, the draft amendments will be sent to the Commission for Constitutional Affairs. According to the Rule Book, the hearing within the commission can...

Zaev: Four amendments to the Constitution, Ohrid Agreement will be added in the Preamble

Through an inclusive and transparent process, the Government has drafted four draft amendments to amend the Constitution in accordance with the Prespa Agreement, announced Prime Minister Zoran Zaev at a the press conference in Government. "The first amendment will be the replacement of the name Macedonia, with Northern Macedonia throughout the Constitution, except for Article 36, where there is a...

Boshnjakovski: The government wants to define the amendments together with the opposition in order to reach consensus

The government will commence with preparing the constitutional amendments only when it finishes its work at the Parliament with the voting of the necessity for their preparation and it is best for them to be prepared together with the opposition in order to reach a national consensus, said the government's spokesperson Mile Boshnjakovski at today's press conference. -It is...

The long and thorny road to the amendment of the Constitution (infographic)

Changing the Constitution through constitutional amendments is not an easy or simple process. The proposer of the amendments, in this case the Government, needs a two-thirds majority in two instances. Once at the opening of the Constitution and then at the closing of the Constitution, in a procedure that lasts for several months. According to the Constitution, the decision for...

Parliamentary session for constitutional changes begins

The parliamentary plenary session for the Government's proposal for constitutional changes which transpired from the Agreement with Greece has begun. The government's proposal for constitutional changes will be clarified by Prime Minister Zoran Zaev. MPs from VMRO-DPMNE are present at the session, including former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, who after asking for today's hearing of the SPO's "TNT" case be postponed, could attend the...

Constitutional Affairs Committee adopts Government’s proposal for constitutional changes

With 10 votes in favour and 7 against, the Constitutional Affairs Committee adopted a proposal by the Government to endorse the amendments of the Constitution under the Prespa Agreement. The Commission obliged the Government within 15 days to prepare and submit a text with draft amendments and to take into consideration the remarks made at the Commission's session. Ten MPs from...

Veljanoski: You don’t have a two-thirds majority to change the Constitution

The Assembly is an institution, and MPs are the people's representatives who will make the decisions and implement the will of the people and I urge them not succumb to any pressure, because we are resolving a decade-long conflict in order to pull the country out of isolation, said Prime Minister Zoran Zaev when he addressed the Constitutional Affairs...

Government has prepared constitutional changes and sent them to Parliament

At yesterday's 92nd session, the Government made a decision on the constitutional changes, that is, to submit amendments to Parliament for which it will seek support. This is happening at a time when the grounds for amending the Constitution is not certain, because it requires a two-thirds majority in Parliament, that is, 80 MPs. "The Government of the Republic of...

Emergency Government session for constitutional amendments

Today, the Government will hold an emergency session at 16 o'clock. The only item on the agenda will be:  Proposal for accession to the amendment of the Constitution of the Republic of Macedonia, with directions for amending and supplementing the Constitution of the Republic of Macedonia. For now, it is unknown whether the Government has secured a two-thirds majority in...