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Spasovski: Every questionable voter has to be checked

The State Election Commission (SEC) as an independent institution should fully put all their effort into cleansing the voters' list and create a sense of security for the citizens of Macedonia that the voting rights will not be abused, said the SDSM Secretary General Oliver Spasovski, from Strumica. "The message should be clear and unambiguous - the SEC should purge the...

Ivanov: I would never even think about pardoning pedophiles, drug dealers or bullies at elections

I would never even think about pardoning pedophiles, drug dealers, bullies at elections, terrorists, or extremists, said President Gjorge Ivanov after meeting with the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, when asked about the last decision made by the Constitutional Court regarding the Amnesty Law. “I would like to say to the citizens of the Republic of Macedonia to...

US Embassy: The Constitutional Court’s actions appear to be contrary to its own procedures

The speed of the Constitutional Court’s action and its non-transparent deliberation were largely unprecedented, the US Embassy stated for „Сакам да кажам“. “Institutions build trust through transparency and adherence to established procedures. The Court’s actions appear to be contrary to its own procedures. Moreover, to address concerns identified in the Priebe report regarding electoral irregularities, and to deliver ‘free and...

SPO: We have no comment on the Constitutional Court’s decision regarding the Amnesty Law

The Special Prosecutor's Office did not want to comment on the decision made by the Constitutional Court who abolished the amendments to the Amnesty Law from 2009, and now have allowed the President to pardon people convicted or prosecuted for electoral fraud. This decision of the Constitutional Court has been generally interpreted as an intervention by the ruling party VMRO-DPMNE, whose...

The Constitutional Court’s decision has questioned the conditions for fair elections on June 5 say civil society organizations

A large part of the activists, civil society organizations and opposition parties believe that yesterday's decision by the Constitutional Court will allow the President to pardon people who have been prosecuted or sentenced of electoral fraud, and will only worsen the grounds for free and fair elections. They say that with this decision, the court has helped people planning to commit electoral...

LDP: Ivanov should declare whether he will use the right to pardon

After yesterday's scandalous decision from the Constitutional Court, the annulment of the Law on Amnesty since 2009, the court has placed itself in the direct service of high-ranking suspects of the VMRO-DPMNE party, say the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). "The decision, unknown in Constitutional law or in the functioning of the Constitutional Court, is a result of the independent and professional work...

“Ajde”: The Constitutional judges killed the Constitution!

"The executioners of the constitutionality and sovereignty of citizens are known. Elena Gosheva, Nikola Ivanovski, Vladimir Stojanovski, Vangelina Markudova and Jovan Josifovski are the five "ledger-judges" who out of the public eye not only killed the Constitution, but have become direct accomplices in the crime and part of the gang in actual power.The Constitution of Macedonia died today! "Said...

Orav: The President will decide whether he will strengthen or weaken democracy

Now only the President can decide whether he will strengthen or weaken democracy, said EU Ambassador Aivo Orav, regarding the Constitutional Court to repeal the amendments to the Amnesty Law adopted in 2009, which will allow the President to pardoned people convicted of electoral fraud. “We have criticized your country many times for not having an independent judiciary and rule...

The Constitutional Court made a shameful decision, reacted the opposition and civil organizations

Opposition political parties today condemned the decision of the Constitutional Court, which allows the President to pardon people accused or convicted of electoral crime, drug dealers and pedophiles. The opposition SDSM said that the shameful decision of the Constitutional Court is nothing but classic abuse of party installations in the judiciary, in the hope that Gruevski will be saved from...

The MOI announced charges against Jakimovski due to his counter protest

The Ministry of Interior (MOI) today will file criminal charges against the Mayor of Karpos and the President of the political party GROM, Stevco Jakimovski and against the President of the cities organization of the party, Alexander Trajanovski, because of yesterday's counter-protest outside the Constitutional Court, which, as announced this afternoon by the Interior Ministry, they purposely tried to derail...

Constitutional Court have given the green light for abolishing amendments to the Amnesty Law for electoral crimes

The Constitutional judges at today's session abolished the amendments to the Amnesty Law made in 2009, providing the opportunity for the President to pardon pedophiles, drug dealers and persons convicted of electoral fraud and other electoral crime, unofficial sources say. Journalists have gathered outside the court, where soon the briefing will start where it is expected this information will be...

US Embassy: Why is the session at the Constitutional Court closed?

With the hashtag "Question of the Day", the Embassy of the United States today on "Twitter" asked "Why would the Constitutional Court close today’s session? Transparency is key to any institution. " This message was also tweeted via the British Ambassador to Macedonia Charles Garret on his Twitter. Today the Constitutional Court of Macedonia at the session, which began just after...

Constitutional Court still deciding on Amnesty Law for electoral fraud

The Constitutional Court of Macedonia is in a session that started today exactly at 9:00 am to decide whether the President will have the right returned to him to pardon persons convicted of electoral fraud or for the current decision to remain, which was disabled by amendments in 2009. Because of this initiative, yesterday in the streets of the capital...

The all night protest was cancelled due to security reasons

Civil Platform "Ajde," cancelled their all night vigil before the Constitutional Court tonight due to security reasons tonight after it was allegedly announced that the ruling party were bringing people from across Macedonia in buses to the capital to counter the vigil protest. “ We believe that for security reasons, it is best to cancel vigil. We have been told...

Citizens call for the resignations of the five judges who usurped the Constitutional Court

Several thousands of people who are protesting under the motto "To defend the Constitution from the Constitutional Court" and went by the Government, and gathered outside the building of the new Macedonian National Theatre. There is a set of fencing where a several dozen police officers stand, and behind them are armored vehicles and members of the special police forces....

Jakimovski: One can not come to power with headphones on his ears

We are here to defend the Constitutional Court, to defend the country stated the President of GROM, Stevce Jakimovski in front of the gathered citizens outside the Constitutional Court. He said the once abolished Zoran Zaev can not destroy the constitutional order of the Republic of Macedonia. “Now they are attacking Macedonia, when faced with the refugee crisis and there is...

A group of citizens have blocked the entrances to the Constitutional Court

Several hundred people gathered this afternoon before the Constitutional Court, they say,it is in defense of the institutions of the Republic of Macedonia. At the protest there were mostly young people and pensioners, who claimed that they had come voluntarily and and by their own initiative to defend the constitutional order of the country. Before the assembled citizens the President of...

Tomorrow at 18:00, GROM will hold a counter-protest near the Constitutional Court

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...

Zaev: SDSM will join the protest before the Constitutional Court

SDSM will join the mass protest in front of the Constitutional Court which has been organized by various civil society organizations, announced today Zoran Zaev, the leader of the SDSM party. He said the shameful decisions of the Constitutional Court are another example of party affiliation within the judiciary, and their attempt to bring back amnesty for electoral fraud and...

“Ajde” will stage an all night protest at the Constitutional Court

The civil platform for politics "Ajde" on Tuesday starting at 18:00 will organize a protest and a vigil for the Constitution, because, according to them, the constitutional judges on Wednesday, March 16th, plan to swiftly make the decision on the Amnesty Law for electoral fraud and other serious crimes. "The vigil for the Constitution will begin as a protest march...