The Criminal court rejected the former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski’s plea for postponement of the jail sentence to two years for the SPO’s case named “Tank”. Gruevski’s attorney’s requested that he doesn’t go to jail on the 8th of November because of his obligations as an MP and the obligations that have come out from the writing of his book that is related to his doctorate.
“The judge for the implementation of sanctions at the Basic Court 1 – Skopje, acting upon the plea for delaying of the sanction determined by a verdict in the case of “Tank” has made a decision with which it will reject the plea. The decision made by the judge for the carrying out of the sanctions was sent to the parties that are involved in the procedure” informs the court.
After this Gruevski has a deadline in the next three days to lodge a complaint again to the Criminal court which also has a deadline to decide and reply upon the plea.
Gruevski was sentenced to two years imprisonment in the case of “Tank” and according to the court order he will have to report by the latest on the 8th of November at the prison Shutka.
