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Xhaferi gives parties three-day deadline to convey their positions on referendum
Today, Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi notified parliamentary groups that they will have a three-day deadline to answer, whether they would participate in the public propaganda for the referendum, that should be conducted by Parliament, as well as on what kind of campaign they will lead and whether they will be "For" "or "Against" on the referendum issue.
The notification was addressed...
Zaev: Ballot question for referendum will be known after NATO invitation
Today, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said that the ballot question for the referendum is still unknown, and added that the parties and the civil sector will determine whether the referendum will be a consultative or binding referendum, but that in any case the result will be mandatory.
“We have not discussed this issue. Probably, we are waiting for integrations to...
Fetai: If there is a goodwill a solution will be provided for pressing charges and the new investigations
SPO's public prosecutor, Fatime Fetai in an interview for the "360 Degrees" TV Show on Alsat M, said that the "unfortunate Artice 22" from the Law on the SPO is limiting this prosecution currently from pressing new charges, but formally it doesn't limit it to start new investigations.
She announced that it is possible that some of the started...
SEC’s Timetable: Who, when and what needs to be done by the local elections
Today, the State Election Commission (SEC) adopted a timetable for the local elections, if elections are to be held on October the 15th, the second round will be on October the 29th, while political parties should submit their lists of candidates by September the 9th, the latest.
The voter list will be open to the public by August the 21st...
Tomorrow Xhaferi will announce the local elections at 12:00 pm in Parliament
Tomorrow, Parliament Speaker, Talat Xhaferi, will officially announce the local elections, which should be held on October the 5th, 2017, informed the Speaker’s cabinet.
“The Speaker of Parliament, Mr Talat Xhaferi, on August the 6th, on Sunday, at 12:00 pm, will sign a Resolution for the official announcement of the elections of members of the municipalities and the council of...
Janeva expects an extention of the deadline and announced investigations into conversations in “different languages”
Special Public Prosecutor Katica Janeva expects to find a solution within a short period of time to extend the deadline for filing charges and announced that in the period that follows, the SPO will continue to open investigations into other wiretapped conversations that result in criminal offenses.
This, Janeva stated from Ohrid, where she os participating in the first edition...
It is highly unlikely that I will submit the government lineup at Parliament today
SDSM's party president and mandatary for the new government, Zoran Zaev, today, before the meeting with the president of the Besa Movement, Biljal Kasami at the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia, has announced that it is unlikely he will be able to submit the lineup of the new government at the Parliament.
-I don't believe that we shall be...
Miloshoski: SPO`s mandate expires in June, and we wish them all the best – until June!
U.S. Ambassador Jess Baily, in an interview for “Sitel TV” said that the attitude of the international community is that the Special Public Prosecutor’s (SPO) mandate has to be extended (the deadline for closing investigations and filing charges). The MP and the member of the VMRO-DPMNE’s Executive Committee, Antonio Miloshoski, last night, in an interview for the same Television...
Zaev: We received a document from DUI with solutions for the Law on Languages, a working group is reviewing it
SDSM leader, Zoran Zaev confirmed that late last night, they received a document from DUI with proposals for the Law on Languages. He added that he hasn’t seen personally what the document contains, but the working group, consisting of Oliver Spasovski, Radmila Shekjerinska, and Renata Deskoska, are going through the material.
"For us, everything under the Constitution is acceptable and...
Who manages the Administrative Court who will determine the election results?
Political parties SDSM and VMRO-DPMNE, before the deadline expires (tonight at midnight), said they would file complaints to the Administrative Court over some of the decisions made by the SEC regarding the course of the voting process in the elections held on December 11. The Administrative Court, however, according to Article 150 of the Electoral Code, after receiving complaints,...
SPO has another 6 months of investigations and prosecutions, elections will decide whether they will continue
Tomorrow marks exactly one year after the Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO) has taken over the cases related to the illegal wiretapping from the Public Prosecution. According to the Law on the SPO, the Special Public Prosecutor, Katica Janeva and her team have six months left to investigate and file charges relating to cases arising from the "bombs".
According to Article...
SEC Will Have to Confirm the Lists by Sunday at Midnight
The State Election Committee has to check and confirm the candidate lists until Sunday midnight that the political parties have submitted for the forthcoming parliamentary elections set for 11th of December i.e. 48 hours after the lists’ submissions.
In case of irregularities by the members of SEC, the participants in the elections will have to remove them in a period...
Kukan tells “Meta”: SPO has to work independently during their mandate
Rapporteurs for Macedonia, who have now added Knut Flekenshtajn to their composition, who is replacing Richard Howitt, are closely follow developments in the country leading to the elections and so far there has been no development of other scenarios, reported Eduard Kukan to "Meta" who is also a rapporteur for Macedonia at the European Parliament .
“The Special Prosecutor's Office...
If elections go well, with luck, by New Year a new Parliament, and by St. Tryphon, a new Government
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...
Election deadlines: What awaits us until elections on December 11?
Early parliamentary elections have been twice postponed so far, and now they have been scheduled for December 11.
This was agreed two days ago by the leaders of the political parties, signatories to the Pržino Agreement after elections were postponed on April 24 and June 5.
If the political parties do not change their minds and again decide to postpone the...
Leaders’ Meeting tomorrow at 13:00
The leaders' meeting, where conditions are meant to be reviewed for holding elections as well as how the agreement from July 20, should take place tomorrow at 13:00, “Meta” has learned from sources within the SDSM party.
“In principle, the meeting should take place tomorrow at 13:00”, the opposition party told us.
The VMRO-DPMNE say that they do not know whether...
Will there be a leaders’ meeting on Wednesday? Deadlines partially reached while uncertainty spreads
Political parties signatories to the Pržino Agreement failed to meet all the deadlines stipulated by the agreement which was reached on July 20, before the leaders’ meeting where leaders’ are meant to determine a date for early parliamentary elections.
The agreement came to a standstill during the formation of the ad hoc body to regulate the media during the election...
What has been fulfilled, and what remains to be fulfilled
The parties and institutions, two weeks after the representatives from the four political parties reached an agreement for an interim government to organize elections, have fulfilled all the deadlines outlined in the agreement.
What remains:
August 18 – Final deadline for the disputable voters to report to the SEC
August 19 – The formation of an ad hoc body to regulate the...
The SPO will need more than a year and a half to listen to all the wiretapped recordings
The Special Public Prosecution (SPO) currently has seven open preliminary investigations, with 60 suspects, while the total number of investigations increases, said the spokesperson for the SPO, prosecutor Lenche Ristoska.
A large number of the pre-investigate procedures, as suggested by the prosecutor, are focused on financial crime, which means more time is needed to finish them.
Responding to a journalist's question,...
Elections have prolonged external testing and have moved sport tournaments
External testing of students this year was moved a few days later, however it is not because of the elections, the Ministry of Education told "Meta" unofficially, in response to what teachers and parents believe is the reason why the school year has been extended.
"This does not mean that the school year will be prolonged, but only that deadlines have...
