9 August 2018
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 […]
11 August 2017
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 […]
11 August 2017
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 […]
15 May 2017
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 […]
20 April 2017
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 […]
27 August 2016
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 […]
23 August 2016
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 […]
19 August 2016
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 […]
26 July 2016
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 […]
23 July 2016
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 […]
28 June 2016
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, […]
20 May 2016
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 […]
18 May 2016
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 […]
9 March 2016
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 […]
4 March 2016
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 […]
8 June 2015
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 […]
8 March 2015
Forum of Women of DOM congratulated 8th of March, International Women’s Day, to all women in the Republic of Macedonia. In a statement of the party it is read that they support the platform “Planet 50-50” by 2030, set by the United Nations. – We propose to provide equal representation of women and men in […]
11 February 2015
Marking the right thumb of the voter with visible ink is unconstitutional, constitutional judges concluded. At today’s session of the Constitutional Court, judges unanimously canceled several provisions of the Electoral Code which obliged members of the electoral board to mark each voter in the exercise of his/hers right to vote and to check whether there […]
