Tag: Constitutional Court

DUI’s Vice President and mayor of the city of Tetovo, Teuta Arifi, said that for a solution to the political crisis it is most important that a president of the Parliament is elected. She isn’t casting off the idea of a leadership meeting, stressing that “DUI has never run away from meetings regardless if they are among leaders or...

On the daily agenda for the session, there are no key initiatives that interest the public, like those on the Law on the Special Public Prosecutor, local elections and the wiretapping through telecom operators. The most recent of these are the two initiatives submitted by the Ministry of Local Self-Government and the World Macedonian Congress (WMC) requiring the abolition of...

The Ministry of Local Self-Government and the World Macedonian Congress (WMC) have filed initiatives to the Constitutional Court seeking the abolishment of two articles of the Law on Local Self-Government and the Electoral Code, which would allow Mayors and councilors to keep their jobs until local elections are held, reports "Sitel". Under the current Electoral Code, local elections were meant...

In a heated political atmosphere that isn’t losing its intensity, the judges and the main court instances have put on standby the key trials and sessions, and these days gave themselves a leave by joining together Easter holidays and the First of May. The Constitutional Court doesn’t have any session set for this week, and there is no agenda...

Today, Constitutional judges postponed the initiative for assessing the constitutionality and legality of the controversial Article 175 of the Law on Electronic Communications for another session. The reason for this decision, is the extensive material submitted for the initiative, stated judges at today’s session. Otherwise, Article 175 which was adopted to the Law on Electronic Communications in 2014, instructs telecom operators...

In the period of time after the new composition of Parliament, and after the deadline which expires on December 31, there will be a new reality for the Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO) and for the most important courts in the country – the Supreme Court, the Criminal and Constitutional Court, who left difficult issues to resolve after the election. The...

On Wednesday, November 9, the Constitutional Court at 9:00am will hold their first session with their new President, Nikola Ivanovski. The initiative for the constitutionality and legality of the Special Prosecutor’s Office is not on the agenda of the session, as can been seen on the official website of the court. Constitutional Judges on Wednesday will discuss initiatives for the...

Instead of the usual term (every Wednesday from 9:00am), the Constitutional Court has scheduled its next session for reviewing initiatives for Monday, October 31. Officially, it is not known why there has been such a change to the Court's schedule, but the session has been scheduled for Monday for certain, which also, just happens to be the last day of the...

"I think  good measures have been taken to ensure that the electoral roll is credible. The voters’ list should always reflect the current situation, and not the situation from five or 10 years ago, but the times people really live in. In many countries this is done automatically", said the Head of the OSCE Mission in Skopje, Nina Suomalainen, in an...

“ I don’t even want to think about the Constitutional Court discontinuing the Special Public Prosecution or parts of the law, because any normal person knows that the people’s rage will spill out on to the streets," said SDSM leader Zoran Zaev in an interview with "Kanal 77". He added, that if the Constitutional Court "dare" take this step,...

The leader of the SDSM party, Zoran Zaev is worried that the VMRO-DPMNE and DUI do not really want fair and democratic elections, stated the SDSM. He addressed the problem in a letter he wrote to the ambassadors who are guarantors in the Pržino Agreement. Zaev wrote in the letter that the adoption of the budget for 2017 one month...

Today, the Constitutional Court announced its agenda for their first session after the two-month summer recess, which is scheduled for September 28, at 9:00am. At the session, as an item on the agenda, the constitutionality of the Law on the Special Prosecutor's Office is not listed, while the initiative for constructing a cross in Butel is. The initiative for assessing...

The Constitutional Court is to hold its last session before the summer recess. The next session of the Constitutional Court will be on September 1, when the judges return to the Committee and continue to work, the court told “Meta”. At tomorrow's session, as we were told by the General Secretary of the Constitutional Court, Olivera Filipovska, they will not...

Today the Constitutional Court could not come to a decision on the initiative for an assessment of the constitutionality and legality for the building of a 55 metre cross in the Municipality of Butel. The court told “Meta” , at today's session eight judges were present and their votes came to a draw. To be more precise, four judges rejected...

The proposal re-balance for the budget will cut the budgets at a majority of state institutions, but this is not the case for the Constitutional Court, the Ministry of Interior, or the Intelligence Agency. For example, the budget for 2016, funds allocated for the Constitutional Court are 35.945.000 denars, and with the proposal rebalance that amount will be 36.645.000 denars. In...

The leaders of the VMRO-DPMNE and the SDSM, Nikola Gruevski and Zoran Zaev, confirmed this weekend that the two largest political parties in Macedonia are ready and prepared for elections, and both have said the sooner the better. According to the former Prime Minister and the leader of the ruling party, this way they can cut costs to the...

European Commission spokesperson, Maja Kocijancic today reacted to the decision made the opposition party, the SDSM to freeze its participation in Parliament until the Constitutional Court rules on the constitutionality of the SPO. “The parties have themselves the responsibility to bring their country back onto the Euro-Atlantic path. This is not business as usual and any further inaction will have...

The SDSM and their coalition partners have decided to freeze working in Parliament until the Constitutional Court rules on the constitutionality of the Special Public Prosecutor's Office, said the SDSM leader Zoran Zaev, today at a press conference. He urged other MPs not to participate in Parliamentary work because they have a responsibility to the citizens and with this act...

The Constitutional Court will again postpone the discussion on the initiative for assessing the constitutionality and legality of the decision to build the 55 metre cross in the Municipality of Butel, which caused tensions in late February and early March. The proposal to postpone a hearing for any of these sessions came from judge Sali Murati, who did not attend...

The “Colourful Revolution” calls upon all open minded citizens to join them for a mass protest on Monday at 19:00 outside the Special Public Prosecutor's Office, because according to them, they have an obligation to save the SPO from the shackles of the Government. "This corrupt and criminal government have been given more than enough time to react and to...