Tag: Constitution

If all goes well at the elections on December the 11th and they meet the expectations of the public, political parties and the guarantors of the Pržino Agreement, a new Parliament will be constituted by December the 31st the latest, and a new government by mid-February, next year, the latest. This stems from the terms of the formation of a...

Today’s decision, made by the individual Gjorgi Ivanov is a new violation of the Constitution, which will further worsen the already deep political crisis in the country, reacted the SDSM party today, after the President's decision to annul 22 of the pardons. The opposition added that Ivanov has done a favour for politicians from VMRO-DPMNE who do not want the...

Constitutional judges scheduled their next session for May 31 will consider the initiative on the constitutionality and legality of the decision to build the cross in Butel, which sparked tensions late February and early March this year. The consideration of this initiative is the 11th item on the agenda of the daily session. Although the Constitutional Court’s information does not specifically...

At the session at the Constitutional Court today, where they assessed the constitutionality of the dissolution of Parliament, they also adopted an interim measure that will freeze all activities arising from disputed decisions to dissolve Parliament. This, as the Constitutional Court explained to "Meta" means, that all actions will be stopped, including the election campaign, electoral deadlines, and all other...

In an interview with the AFP, SDSM leader Zoran Zaev said that the early elections should be postponed until there are conditions for free and fair elections. "I know there won't be elections on 5 June", said Zaev. The interview says, that the SDSM leader expects all political parties early as next week, according to Macedonian Law, will invite Assembly Speaker...

Nikola Gruevski in an interview for AFP, said that regardless of the announced boycott by all parties in the country, elections will be held on June 5. VMRO-DPMNE leader in the interview said that his party is the only one of the four major parties that will participate in the elections. The party leader said that the Macedonian Constitution does not...

With the protest that took place in Skopje on April 22 it showed that apart from the Macedonians, there is also a problem within the Albanian community still in this country in their fight for equality. This afternoon members of the Movement for Reform in the DPA at a press conference announced this. They say their demands are clear, and...

Almost for two weeks now, the organization civil association "I protest" have expressed their anger in the streets of Skopje and all major cities in Macedonia against President Gjorge Ivanov's decision to pardon a large number of politicians. Among the organization's demands is the withdrawal of the general pardon, the formation of an interim government and to recall elections...

Tomorrow at 18:00 Stevco Jakimovski from GROM will hold a "gathering to support the institutions." The protest will take place in front of the buildings of the Agency for Electronic Communications, and the Prosecution which is near the Constitutional Court, where at the same time another mass protest by civil organizations and SDSM is planned against the court's decision to...

Civil platform "Come on", tomorrow at 12:00 calls for new protests outside the Constitutional Court after their decision to accept the initiative to review the constitutionality of the Law on Amnesty and Pardons, which dictates that persons prosecuted or sentenced for electoral fraud and crime can not be pardoned. "Come Monday, once again loud and clear, we need to send...

"These are the names of those people responsible for protecting Nikola Gruevski and the VMRO-DPMNE's crimes of electoral fraud, and voted in court as ordered. They are the five minions of the VMRO-DPNME in the Constitutional Court: Elena Gosheva appointed a judge in 2012, Nikola Ivanovski, appointed a judge in 2012, Vladimir Oavlov, appointed a judge in 2011, Vangelina...

The Constitutional Court filed a request for interpretation of the law about the Special Public Prosecutor, but some people in Parliament consider that this request should not be put on the agenda, said facilitator Peter Vanhoutte. “Although the law for a Special Prosecutor is very clear and specific, her work has been obstructed”, he said. The Council of Public Prosecutors did...

"I think the whole story misleads the opposition - to continue to push aside the countries professional associations and NGOs  We are put in a position where we have to decide on a fundamental law that will have an impact on the history of Macedonia - will we have to start over to create a legal state. The deadline which...

Nikola Gruevski is trying to protect himself from all sides in panic. One of his last steps yesterday is passing a bill which introduced unconstitutional authority "Council for determining facts and raising procedure for accountability of judges." - According to the Constitution of the Republic of Macedonia, only responsible for the selection and dismissal of judges is the Judicial Council....

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...

The draft amendment for defining marriage as a union only between a man and a woman establishing international financial zones which business and organization will be redefined by law and few more amendments for constitutional changes will be put on today’s agenda of the Assembly. In order the amendments to be adopted, 82 MPs should vote for them. Two of...