9 January 2019
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 […]
18 December 2018
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 […]
13 December 2018
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 […]
4 December 2018
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 […]
4 December 2018
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 […]
3 December 2018
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 […]
12 November 2018
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 […]
2 November 2018
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 […]
2 November 2018
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 […]
17 October 2018
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 […]
16 October 2018
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 […]
15 October 2018
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 […]
12 October 2018
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 […]
10 October 2018
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 […]
9 October 2018
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 […]
8 October 2018
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 […]
1 October 2018
In a matter of few days, we shall know whether there will be an ambiance for reaching an agreement with the opposition for a two-thirds majority that is necessary to vote for the constitutional changes in the Parliament that are a result of the Agreement with Greece. This was stressed by Prime Minister Zoran Zaev […]
1 October 2018
According to the 88.50% of the processed data, by the SEC, released at 23 o’clock, 569,871 voters cast their vote in the referendum. (36.27% of voters registered on the Voters List). 91.33% voted “For” (which is 520,461 voters) while 5.76% voted “Against” (which is 32,801 voters). This is unofficial data from the State Election Commission, however, […]
2 July 2018
We can not change the census for a referendum, said Justice Minister Renata Deskoska addressing at the third session of the Ohrid School of Natural Law on Good Governance and Legal Reform, organized by the Center for Strategic Research at the Macedonian Academy of Sciences science and arts. “The essential component that creates the mosaic […]
29 June 2018
In the Republic of Macedonia, there are Macedonians, Albanians, Turks, Serbs, Vlachs … We are part of the Constitution of the Republic of Macedonia and there is no dilemma whether the Albanians are in their place and in their country, said DUI leader Ali Ahmeti speaking on the show “The Road towards” on Alsat-M TV, […]
