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Truthmeter.mk: Janko Bachev’s pro-Russian party a part of VMRO-DPMNE’s pressure on small parties
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Janko Bacev’s openly pro-Russian non-parliamentary political party sent a statement to the public entitled “United Macedonia to DS, LDP, DOM and VMRO-NP: If you really want one constituency, seize the chance given by VMRO-DPMNE.”
They call on the Democratic Union led by Pavle Trajanov, the Democratic Renewal...
“Vistinomer”: During election campaigns, they cannot boast of infrastructure success
The statement by the President of the Government, Zoran Zaev announcing a tender for March the 29th for the purchase and installation of new electrostatic filters in REK Bitola, Vistinomer.mk assessed as "inconsistent".
"The investment is estimated at 20.4 million euros, funds that the company will provide from its own resources, which also pleases us as a government. One of...
European colleagues support journalists associations against changes to Electoral Code
The European Federation of Journalists (EFN) has given its support to the Association of Journalists of Macedonia (AJM), the Independent Union of Journalists and Media Workers (SSNM) and the Council of Media Ethics of Macedonia (CMEM), which oppose the recent changes of the Electoral Code.
According to the changes, paid political advertising regarding the election campaign funded by the state,...
Council of Europe warn of restrictive changes to the media in the Electoral Code
Yesterday, the Council of Europe issued a public warning on its platform for the protection of journalism and the safety of journalists, regarding several amendments to the Electoral Code which could jeopardize the work and freedom of the media in Macedonia. The warning says that the Macedonian state is the source of such a threat to the freedom of...
AJM: Referendum is being abused in order to restore government financed campaigns in the media
A delegation of the Macedonian Journalists Association met with representatives of the OSCE/ODIHR observation mission to discuss changes to the Electoral Code and the referendum, which have a direct impact on the media, the AJM informs.
AJM President Naser Selmani stressed that the government and the opposition are abusing the referendum to secure funding for their own political propaganda purposes...
Half-empty hall, remarks and counter-remarks on the continuation of the debate regarding Zvrlevski
The eighth continuation of the parliamentary debate regarding the dismissal of Attorney General, Marko Zvrlevski, has begun and has been developing with the same pattern of remarks and counter-remarks between the MPs of the opposition VMRO-DPMNE and on procedural remarks.
Today, at the beginning of the continuation of the session, VMRO-DPMNE’s MP, Ilija Dimovski asked the Parliament Speaker to suspend...
Line 4, added to the Electoral Code in Przino, is holding up the dismissal of Zvrlevski
The provision of Article 8-a of the Electoral Code, which VMRO-DPMNE requested an opinion from the State Commission for Preventing Corruption (SCPC), regarding the parliamentary debate on the dismissal of the Attorney General, Marko Zvrlevski, was added to the Electoral Code in accordance with the Przino Agreement, which was signed to solve the political crisis in 2015 by SDSM,...
Parties decide local elections will be held in October at coordination meeting, without VMRO-DPMNE
At today's coordination meeting, led by Parliament Speaker, Talat Xhaferi, representatives of the parliamentary parties agreed that a draft bill amending the Electoral Code is necessary for local elections to be held in the half of October. Therefore the mandate of the current mayors and municipal councilors will be extended until new councilors and mayors are elected.
“Parliament Speaker Xhaferi...
Two initiatives have been filed to the Constitutional Court to prolong the mandate for Mayors
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...
Zaev sends letter to AVMU: Change the text for the methodology as you are breaking the law
The leader of the SDSM Zoran Zaev today sent a letter to the Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services (AVMU) asking them to amend the draft text of the methodology for monitoring the election media presentation through radio and television program services for the early parliamentary elections in Macedonia ,the party has announced.
As said in the statement, Zaev...
Tomorrow the fifth member of the ad hoc body will be selected
Tomorrow, members of the ad hoc body for the regulation of the media during the election campaign will select its fifth member, that is required for this body to begin its work, members of the ad hoc body told "Meta".
The Electoral Code clearly states that the fifth member has to be of Albanian ethnicity, and has to be chosen through...
The “disputed” electoral roll will be reviewed by the SEC on Tuesday at a public session
Today is the deadline for disputed voters to register for the electoral roll and it will be reviewed at a public session on Tuesday, the SEC told "Meta". The Commission added that there will not be an extension of the deadline for inspection and registration for the electoral roll, except if Parliament approves amendments to the Electoral Code.
“We have...
Disputable voters will be able to report to the SEC from tomorrow until August 19
The State Election Committee will tomorrow publish on their official website, the names of the 39.502 disputable voters, they will have a deadline of 25 days to get back on the electoral roll, decided the Commission at today’s session.
Registering for the electoral roll will be carried out in person, where the ‘disputable voter’ will have to produce a valid...
MPs vote on amendments to the Electoral Code
Last night, MPs voted, and the results were; with 92 votes "for", three "against" and one "abstention", with a fast track procedure, they voted for the amendments to the Electoral Code, which was submitted by MPs Ilija Dimovski from the VMRO-DPMNE party, Goran Sugareski of the SDSM, Artan Grubi from the DUI, and Imer Aliu from the DPA.
The amendment...
The Ministry of Finance: SEC’s budget reduced because there is no date for elections
The budget for the SEC is set to be reduced because of the absence of a precise date for elections, the Ministry of Finance has said after reports became public, showing that the proposal re-balance of the budget will cut the State Election Commissions funding by 400 million denars.
From the beginning of the year, it has been estimated that...
Ivanov quickly signs the laws on “partial pardons” and “bombs”
President Gjorgi Ivanov has already received and signed off on the laws which MPs approved in yesterday's session in Parliament.
The laws will be enforced as soon as they are published in the Official Gazette.
MPs at yesterday’s session voted on the Law on Pardons ("partial pardons"), the Law on Privacy (“Bombs” can not be published after July the 1st, 2017),...
Xhaferi: Any normal MP will vote for deleting June 5 from the Electoral Code
MP and the Coordinator of the Parliamentary Group of the Democratic Union for Integration (DUI), Talat Xhaferi today submitted a proposal to Parliament - amendments to the Electoral Code, where articles in the law can be deleted such as the dates for the elections.
Xhaferi told "Meta" that in his proposal - amendments to the law should have no new...
DPDP: The publication of the addresses on the electoral roll is in accordance with the law
The publication of the addresses of voters in the electronic inspection of the voter lists is in accordance with the Law on Personal Data Protection, said the Directorate for Personal Data Protection (DPDP) to “Meta”.
In the letter from the Directorate, it states that the Directorate has already pointed out to the State Election Commission not to use the identification...
Phantom voters, dead souls, and packed apartments on the Electoral List
A string of irregularities have been discovered while citizens were checking their personal data on the voters’ list through the web application which has been available since yesterday on the official website of the State Election Committee.
Citizens have turned to the social networks, saying that people they do not know are registered as living at their addresses. The list...
The voting of the diaspora to be disputed in the new Electoral Code?
Diaspora voting is the only thing on which the parties last year, while changing the Electoral Code, failed to agree and left it to settle it in better times, i.e. before the next parliamentary elections.
SDSM proposal was voting in the constituency 7, 8 and 9 to be carried out if the number of registered voters in each of them...
