Tag: Parliament Speaker

The former Parliament Speaker Trajko Veljanoski, who served as Chairman of the constitutive meetings after the elections, wrote on his Facebook page that there was no handing-over of office between himself and newly elected Speaker, Talat Xhaferi. “No, there was no handover of office to the illegitimate and unconstitutional elected Parliament Speaker”, wrote Veljanoski as a comment on the shared...

“The blackmailed criminal Zoran Zaev, stepped all over the Macedonian Constitution and declared the Macedonian citizens terrorists, to secure support and to bring the flag of the Republic of Albania into the cabinet which belongs to the Parliament Speaker”, said VMRO-DPMNE’s regular morning press release. The statements adds that the “blackmailed criminal” Zoran Zaev insulted the Macedonian people when he...

Talat Xhaferi came into office as Parliament Speaker by brutally violating the Constitution, the laws and the Rules and Regulations of Parliament and everything in the future that he will participate in, and everything with his signature will be the result of a dictatorial act by appointing him Speaker of Parliament”, wrote today on Facebook the leader of VMRO-DPMNE,...

A spokesperson for the Foreign Ofiice of Great Britain welcomed the election of a new Speaker of Parliament and calls for an unhindered and non-violent transfer to the elected majority coalition. “The UK supports the democratic decision of the majority of Macedonian MPs to elect Talat Xhaferi as Speaker. We look forward to working with him. We call on all...

The Chief of the Cabinet of DUI, MP Artan Grubi, today in a statement to Parliament said that the General Secretary of Parliament requested a decision over the election of a new Parliament Speaker, so it can be published in the “Official Gazette” before the officials of Parliament, so that everyone will be able to act in accordance with...

Mitko Chavkov, Director of the Public Safety Bureau, held a press conference this afternoon and gave his view on yesterday’s events in Parliament. He complained that he hadn’t been informed that a Parliament Speaker was going to be declared, and said that the police had no information or reports of any possible incidents. He stressed that they would need...

This afternoon, the parliamentary majority selected DUI MP, Talat Xhaferi as Parliament Speaker. The chairman of the constitutive session was MP Ferid Muhić, as the second in line, Branko Manojlovski was absent from today’s session. Muhić chose Goran Misovski and Dzevad Ademi as his deputies, and the selection for Xhaferi to become Speaker was chaired by Misovski. However, during this...

The Parliament Speaker will be elected in this venue, in another venue, on the stairs of the amphitheatre of the Faculty of Law, or at MANU, said the leader of SDSM, Zoran Zaev, in his first address from the parliamentary rostrum and called upon the chairman of Parliament, Trajko Veljanoski not to violate the Rules and Regulations of Parliament. He...

The results from the recent parliamentary elections must be respected, the current uncertainty must end and a government must be formed without further delay, said Maja Kocijančić, spokeswoman for the European Commission (EC), for "Radio Free Europe". “As the European Union has repeatedly stated, including the European Parliament, the results of the recent parliamentary elections must be respected, the current...

Media outlets that openly support VMRO-DPMNE, have been publishing articles which pervade military rhetoric. Accordingly, “Republika” has “learned that citizens are organizing themselves and are making lists for immediate mobilization”. The article claims that “citizens are voluntarily forming groups who in certain situations in a very short time can mobilize and react in any way and by all means necessary”. According to...