Tag: Parliament

VMRO-DPMNE’s MP, Vlatko Gjorchev, at his speech at the Parliament during the session for constitutional revision, stated several numbers with which he claimed that number of citizens drastically decreased in three countries that have joined the EU. But the numbers he gave are wrong. - To be honest, this is an absolutely provable manipulation and a lie when someone says that...

Changing the Constitution through constitutional amendments is not an easy or simple process. The proposer of the amendments, in this case the Government, needs a two-thirds majority in two instances. Once at the opening of the Constitution and then at the closing of the Constitution, in a procedure that lasts for several months. According to the Constitution, the decision for...

VMRO-DPMNE'S MP group coordinator, Dragan Danev, has read a letter from a group of MPs to the President of the Parliament Talat Xhaferri with a request for their leader Hristijan Mickoski, who is not an MP, to address the MPs. -Taking into consideration the situation that Macedonia is in, we as MPs and the citizens, I think and appeal to...

On the second day at the session for constitutional revision that has resulted from the Agreement with Greece, VMRO-DPMNE's MP, Krsto Jovanovski suggested Prime Minister Zoran Zaev to meet VMRO-DPMNE's party leader, Hristijan Mickoski in order to find a joint solution. -I will not vote for the constitutional revision because of the Prespa Agreement which as a person I...

The parliamentary session for constitutional revision is occurring in an ambiance of mutual accusations between the government and the opposition regarding the Prespa Agreement. The ruling majority state that the implementation of the Agreement will help Macedonia to rise above the isolation and to have a better future. VMRO-DPMNE 's MPs state that the government doesn't have a mandate...

The parliamentary plenary session for the Government's proposal for constitutional changes which transpired from the Agreement with Greece has begun. The government's proposal for constitutional changes will be clarified by Prime Minister Zoran Zaev. MPs from VMRO-DPMNE are present at the session, including former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, who after asking for today's hearing of the SPO's "TNT" case be postponed, could attend the...

We have made divisions amongst ourselves, politically, and we began hating each other, we almost killed each other in front of everyone on the 27th of April, and now here is a chance to reconcile and forgive one another, said Prime Minister Zoran Zaev at the Parliament, while debating the government's proposal for constitutional changes. "Let's give each other hands...

With 10 votes in favour and 7 against, the Constitutional Affairs Committee adopted a proposal by the Government to endorse the amendments of the Constitution under the Prespa Agreement. The Commission obliged the Government within 15 days to prepare and submit a text with draft amendments and to take into consideration the remarks made at the Commission's session. Ten MPs from...

VMRO-DPMNE should overcome their inner differences and stop preventing the EU accession process, stated the Parliament's Vice President, Goran Misovski. He called upon the opposition MPs to vote for the constitutional changes. -I don't want to believe that the MPs and VMRO-DPMNE's leadership will prevent Macedonia's road towards EU and NATO. If the voting doesn't pass, there is no...

The government's spokesperson, Mile Boshnjakovski, at today's press conference about the decisions from last night's 93 government session, has repeated the government's expectations about achieving a two-third majority necessary for the constitutional changes regarding which, the Parliamentary Committee on Constitutional Affairs will start today the discussion upon the proposal about the need for constitutional changes submitted by the government....

The Prespa Agreement offers a historical chance for Macedonia and contributes to the strengthening of the good neighborly relations, stresses the German chancellor, Angela Merkel in a letter addressed to the Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev. "On the 30th of September, the vast majority of over 90% of those who voted at the referendum voted "for" in favor of...

At yesterday's 92nd session, the Government made a decision on the constitutional changes, that is, to submit amendments to Parliament for which it will seek support. This is happening at a time when the grounds for amending the Constitution is not certain, because it requires a two-thirds majority in Parliament, that is, 80 MPs. "The Government of the Republic of...

The EU Commissioner, Johannes Hahn, in an interview for the Austrian magazine "Standard", said that he is acquainted with the threats issued by the opposition against MPs that want to abandon the party's lines and to support the Agreement with Greece at the Parliament. He has asked VMRO-DPMNE to abandon, as he said, its destructive approach and to put...

The Parliament should decide whether it will heed the will of the people, said the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikola Dimitrov at today's debate "Bilateral in the Balkans: Regional Implications of Bilateral Disputes" organized as part of the Forum for civil society Skopje 2018. -The referendum turnout was close to 37% and even though we have an ELection Code...

The prison sentence is political persecution, said former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski after the announcement of the decision by the Appellate Court to uphold the two-year prison sentence for the SPO's "Tank" case (the purchase of Mercedes of 600,000 euros). "This is classic political persecution. I will use all legal avenues available to me. There is no need for new...

This moment is not good for snap parliamentary elections, but for finding a solution that would help to implement the Prespa Agreement at the Parliament, concluded DUI's Central Presidental Board last night, informs the party. -DUI's initial message to all political parties and citizens in Macedonia is that we are standing at a historical moment when a unity and...

VMRO-DPMNE's request for a technical government with a mandate of 100 days in accordance with the Przino Agreement, for a new Public prosecutor and an Inquiry Commission for the referendum, are absolutely unacceptable, said Prime Minister Zoran Zaev today in Ohrid, where he is taking part in a scientific conference about Macedonia's future economic development organized by MANU. -There...

At the session of SDSM's Executive Board it was unanimously concluded that now, when there is a clearly expressed will by the majority of people, the MPs should heed the voice of the majority of over 600.000 people, to take responsibility and to speed up the processes for a final membership into NATO and EU. "if this is not...

The parliament and all of its political parties have to follow the will of the citizens expressed at the referendum. At the moment, the process is at the parliament and there is an intent for securing a two-third majority, said today the government's spokesperson, Mile Boshnjakovski. Replying to a posted question by a journalist regarding the information published in...

The Parliament will have to elucidate about the constitutional amendments regаrding the implementation of the Agreement with Greece, and on basis of the results from the referendum, states the spokesperson of the Ministry of Europe and the Foreign Affairs of France, Agnès Von Der Mühll. "On the 30th of September, the voters in FYROM had the opportunity to vote...