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Two draft amendments for Constitutional changes adopted, while the debate continues today
The debate on the two remaining draft amendments for constitutional changes, in accordance with the Prespa Agreement, continues today in the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia.
Last night, MPs adopted the draft amendments with 65 votes in favor, 18 against and 8 abstentions with which the decisions of ASNOM will be replaced with the Declaration of ASNOM and the...
There is a consensus for reconciliation, but red lines must not be crossed, says Zaev
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, following a meeting with the Coordinative Body for Reconciliation and Integration in Parliament, said that a consensus was reached on the reconciliation process and preparation for a legal solution.
"Let's now leave it to the legal teams, who under the leadership of these special groups will take the next steps. Today, we expressed political will. With...
Parliament strips Gruevski of his parliamentary immunity
In a plenary session, without a debate, Parliament, with 62 votes in favor, accepted the recommendation from the Commission for Procedural and Mandate-Immunity Issues to strip Nikola Gruevski of his immunity.
The court has requested that Gruevski be detained for election fraud in the "Titanic" case, for irregularities in the construction of highways in the "Trajectory" case, the demolition of...
Coordinative Body for Reconciliation will also determine reformed two-thirds law
At the first meeting of the Parliamentary Coordinative Body for Reconciliation, the dynamics for work in the interest of the processes and establishing cooperation were determined, informed the co-chair of the body, Frosina Remenski.
She stated that at today's meeting, they agreed to form three working groups on integration, reforms and reconciliation.
"Integration refers to the constitutional changes for EU and...
Zaev: I will do my utmost to make the process of constitutional changes successful
At the meeting with Nikola Todorov and Mitko Janchev, I talked about the Coordinative Body for Reconciliation and Reforms, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev relied to a journalist's question.
"Nikola Todorov and Mayor Mitko Janchev clearly expressed responsibility, I believe that he can encourage certain MPs who know what is the right step, but still do not have the courage to...
The parliament will be deciding upon the termination of Gruevski’s MP immunity
The criminal Court is demanding from the Parliament to terminate Nikola Gruevski's MP immunity. In the Court's official press release, it says that it has lodged 5 motions where the accused is the former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski.
The court is demanding a detention for Gruevski for electoral frauds in the case of "Titanic", for irregularities during the building...
VMRO-DPMNE’s MPs will be requesting a parliamentary discussion regarding the polluted air
The MPs of both VMRO-DPMNE and the Coalition for a Better Macedonia have submitted today at the parliamentary an Information about the enormous pollution of the air and will be requesting a discussion about this burning subject.
Nikola Micevski, the coordinator of VMRO-DPMNE's MP group said that because of the current government, Macedonia has become a country with the most...
Reconciliation body led by Remenski and Aleksandrova has been established
Parliament has established an inter-party parliamentary body for reconciliation, in which the vice-presidents of Parliament, coordinators from parliamentary groups, as well as MPs who are not in a parliamentary group, will be elected. The representative should be determined by the larger parliamentary groups, such as SDSM and VMRO-DPMNE with the coalitions .
The body will be chaired by two co-chairpersons, Vice...
Coordination with Xhaferri regarding the formation of a reconciliation body
Parliament Speaker, Talat Xhaferri, will be holding a coordination process with the Parliament's vice - presidents, coordinators of MPs groups and representatives of political parties that aren't organized into MP groups. The subject of the coordination is forming an interparty parliamentary body for reconciliation and integration, on request of the VMRO-DPMNE's independent MP group and the coalition.
The coordination should...
Kancheska-Milevska to be coordinator of new parliamentary group
Eight MPs from VMRO-DPMNE and the coalition who voted in favour of starting the process of constitutional change, have put forward an official request to parliament speaker Talat Xhaferi on Friday, to form a new parliamentary group.
Xhaferi informed coordinators from parliamentary groups at the regular coordinative meeting on Monday, that Elizabeta Kancheska-Milevska is to be the coordinator of "Independent...
Zaev: There is no need for early parliamentary elections
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev believes in a full four-year term mandate and does not feel that there should be early parliamentary elections, but says that for such a decision, the opposition, Albanian political parties and, above all, Parliament are all important.
"You know my position, unless it is urgently needed or necessary, only then would there be elections. I believe...
Mickoski: My heart broke when I watched you vote, we could’ve beaten Zaev
The leader of VMRO-DPMNE, Hristijan Mickoski, at Tuesday's celebration of the Day of the Macedonian Revolutionary Struggle, demanded that an amnesty law be passed for the people responsible for the events on April 27 in Parliament.
According to him, this way, there will be indiscriminate justice and freedom for all.
Regarding the newly-emerging situation in the party he leads, he said...
USA: Russian claims that we interfered in the vote in Parliament are disinformation
The US State Department assessed Russia's accusations that the United States was involved in the recent vote in the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia, which gave the green light to start constitutional changes in the country, as unreasonable as an attempt to misinform and propaganda
"Any allegation that representatives of the US Embassy were involved in the voting process in Parliament...
Kiracovski has called upon the MPs to take part in the process of defining the draft-amendments
SDSM's General Secretary and MP, Aleksandar Kiracovski at today's press conference has called upon all of the MPs, especially those that didn't vote during the first phase of the constitutional changes to actively participate in the process of defining the draft-amendments.
-let's support the processes together for a complete implementation of the Prespa Agreement and let's give support together...
Arnaudov: No one is traitor and no bribe was offered to the MPs
Ljuben Arnaudov, MP, one of the accused for the incidents in the Parliament building on the 27th of April, at the start of today's trials at the Basic Court I Skopje announced that he doesn't think somebody is a traitor and he doesn't know who wrote the letter that was sent to the media two days ago in the...
With 80 votes in favor of, the Parliament has endorsed the decision for constitutional amendments
After all day waiting for the start of the parliamentary session for constitutional changes, this evening the ruling majority succedded in securing a two-thord majority for a proposal of the government of the need for constitutional changes. Out of 117 MPs present, there were 80 votes in favor of, without any votes against or restrained.
From the opposition coalition...
Hahn is convinced that all MPs are aware of the great opportunity and responsibility
The EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn on his tweeter profile expressed his conviction that the MPs from all political parties in the Macedonian Parliament will put aside their party's interests and will make a decision in the interest of the country and the citizens.
These are decisive days for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. MPs will vote on the historic...
Zaev: I believe MPs from VMRO-DPMNE will rise up to this historic opportunity
Together with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, we remain fully committed to the perspectives of the new Balkans of the 21st century, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said today, answering a journalist's question regarding yesterday's telephone conversation with his Greek counterpart after the resignation of Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias.
The prime minister added that Tsipras informed him about the developments and that...
Boshnjakovski: The government wants to define the amendments together with the opposition in order to reach consensus
The government will commence with preparing the constitutional amendments only when it finishes its work at the Parliament with the voting of the necessity for their preparation and it is best for them to be prepared together with the opposition in order to reach a national consensus, said the government's spokesperson Mile Boshnjakovski at today's press conference.
-It is...
Dimitrov: The essence of the compromise can be seen in the criticism issued from our and the Greek opposition
The Minister of Foreign Affairs,Nikola Dimitrov replied to several questions posted by MPs at the Parliament and he said that Prespa Agreement ties the steps that Macedonia is undertaking towards EU and NATO with what is of interest for Greece in the Agreement.
--Because the NATO membership is tied to the implementation of the Agreement. That is why it...
