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Agreement reached with Kasami’s Besa on constitutional changes
An agreement has been reached with Bilal Kasami’s wing of BESA, to vote on the constitutional changes, a spokesman for SDSM Kostadin Kostadinov said at a press conference this afternoon. He did not specify what exactly had been agreed, but stressed that it would be explained through party statements.
He said that the continuation of the session to vote on constitutional changes...
VMRO-DPMNE will not reveal whether MPs will attend protest in front of Parliament
The opposition VMRO-DPMNE still say they will not support the constitutional changes, nor will they participate in the debate in Parliament in the third phase, which begins today at noon. Whether this means that MPs will go to the protest taking place in front of Parliament, the coordinator of the parliamentary group Nikola Micevski said that they will state...
Zaev and Sela agree on constitutional changes – the preamble will be changed
After today's meeting at the Holiday Inn hotel in Skopje between with Prime Minister and SDSM President Zoran Zaev, leader of the Alliance of the Albanians (AA), Zijadin Sela, stated that they have reached an agreement and that MPs from his party will vote for the changes to the Constitution.
He said that due to the Alliance's insistence, the separation of citizens...
Zaev: We will know if there is a majority for constitutional changes on the day of the vote
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev is optimistic that the required majority will be secured in Parliament for the vote on constitutional changes, but says the number of MPs will be known on the day of the vote.
"We will know the final number on the day of the vote. The session is scheduled for January 9, and according to the statements...
Journalists announce lawsuit against the state over “Bloody Thursday”
At least 15 journalists were were reporting from Macedonian Parliament during the violent attack and the rampage on the 27 April, announced they will file a lawsuit against the Republic of Macedonia for damages.
According to Goran Trpenoski, Dushica Mrgja and Bobi Hristov, the lawsuit's initiators, the state will be sued in accordance to Article 166 of the Law on Obligations - "Responsibility...
Ivanov: Pandora’s Box is open and now everyone has the right to deny what’s ours
The Macedonian knot can not be cut, it needs to be carefully undone. I worked on undoing that knot. I was aware that there were red lines which couldn’t be crossed. Someone who thought that he could cut the knot and solve the Macedonian question at any cost came to power. Pandora's box is open and now everyone has...
Amendments to Criminal Code adopted by Parliamentary Commission
The Parliamentary Committee regarding the Political system has adopted the amendments regarding the Criminal Code as proposed by a group of MPs from the ruling majority party, in particular in reference to Article 275-v on the length of the sentence.
Adopting the amendments to the Criminal Code, in Article 275- v, prison sentences for acts related to the misuse of...
The Parliament is set to hold the last Q&A session and President Ivanov will have an annual address tomorrow
The Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia is set to hold the 72nd session during which the MPs will be posting questions.
Yesterday, trough a summary procedure, the Parliament passed the Law for obligatory capitally financed retirement insurance, the Law for retirement and disability insurance and the Law for medications and medical tools.
When the laws were passed, the President of...
Xhaferi will not run in upcoming presidential elections
At a briefing with journalists, Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi said he will not be running in the upcoming presidential election and will remain president of Parliament.
As for the idea of Parliament electing the head of state, Xhaferi says that all parliamentary groups should decide, and if there is a consensus, a change to the Constitution should be passed, which would legally...
Prosecutor Vilma Ruskovska is not satsifed with Amnesty Law
After today's hearing on the violent incursion on Parliament, which took place on 27 April last year, came to an end, public prosecutor Vilma Ruskovska said that, as a prosecutor who had invested a lot of time and effort in the case, but also as a citizen, is not satisfied with the amnesty law.
She pointed out that there will...
Kocijancic: The adoption of the law on amnesty is an important step for reconciliation in the society
The adoption of the law on amnesty concerning the persons that were involved in the attacks at the Parliament on the 27th of April 2017, was greeted by Maja Kocijancic, the spokesperson for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations.
-The decision by the Assembly to adopt a law on amnesty with a large majority is an...
VMRO-DPMNE registered an interpellation against Nikola Dimitrov
VMRO-DPMNE's party leader, Hristijan Mickoski announced on his Facebook profile that they have registered an interpellation against, as he wrote, "the most unsuccessful Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikola Dimitrov."
"Nikola Dimitrov along with Zaev have architected this agreement! It represents a humiliation and dilution of the Macedonian national and state interests! Dimitrov said that the Macedonians were a nation with...
The last annual address by President Ivanov will occur on the 28th of December
On the 28th of December, starting at noon, President Gjorge Ivanov will address the Parliament.
Ivanov has sent the request to the President of the parliament, Talat Xhaferri on the 5th of December, several days after Xhaferri during a briefing with journalists has said that the time to lodge a request is running out if President Ivanov wants to...
Parliament is an institution that is least involved in the fight against terrorism
Parliament, as a body has so far been the least involved in the fight against corruption, believes Slagjana Taseva, president of Transparency International -Macedonia and the first president of the Anti-Corruption Commission. Similarly, MP Pavle Bogoevski, states that although legislature has jurisdiction over the laws and the election of members of the State Commission for Prevention of Corruption, as well as a...
Government passes on final versions of amendments to Parliament
At yesterday's 108th session, the Government adopted the final texts of the amendments to the Constitution and immediately passed them on to Parliament.
Amendment 33 reads as follows: "In the Constitution, the words" Republic of Macedonia " will be replaced by the words "Republic of North Macedonia ", and the word "Macedonia" shall be replaced with the words "North Macedonia", except...
Flooded with 500 complaints, Commission for Free Access to Information awaits final members
The Commission for the Protection of the Right to Free Access to Public Information can not function or make decisions because two members are missing, as there must be five members for decisions to be made.
Therefore, around 500 complaints are waiting for completion by the entire commission, say experts from the Commission.
“The expert service of the Commission, ie the Secretariat, works...
Ninja: Everything was under UBK control and VMRO-DPMNE paramilitary headquarters
The attack on Parliament on April 27 was commanded by the VMRO-DPMNE paramilitary headquarters. "For a United Macedonia" was formed by VMRO-DPMNE and had fictitious leaders. At the protests organized by "For a United Macedonia" 80% were from VMRO-DPMNE, who provided all the requisites which were used. I have seen all the leaders of the protest at the VMRO-DPMNE...
2/3 of the steps towards the changes in the Constitution have been done
Up until this moment, the ruling majority has managed to finish 2/3 of the phases that are necessary to accomplish the changes in the Constitution with the constitutional amendments in accordance to the Prespa Agreement between Macedonia and Greece. Out of 15 steps, 5 remain to be done. In the process, the Government that proposed the changes, will need...
All draft-amendments change the Constitution adopted, a public debate follows
After a three-day debate, Parliament adopted the four draft amendments to amend the Constitution in accordance with the Prespa Agreement between Macedonia and Greece.
Tomorrow, the public debate on the four draft amendments, which is scheduled in five days, are set to begin, after which the Government will have to formulate proposals for the amendments and then return to be...
Third draft-amendment on constitutional changes is adopted in Parliament
With 64 votes "For", 14 "Against" and 2 "Abstentions", Parliament voted in the text of the third draft-amendment for changes to the Constitution envisaged in the Prespa Agreement, which stipulates that the Republic must respect the sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of its neighbouring countries.
MPs from VMRO-DPMNE pointed out that Macedonia has no territorial claims in any other...
