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USA: Gruevski should serve his jail term in Macedonia

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The United States of America believes that convicted MP and former prime minister Nikola Gruevski, who is seeking political asylum in Hungary, should serve his jail term at home, said a State Department spokesman for Politico.eu.

“After a thorough and transparent legal process, Nikola Gruevski was convicted by Macedonian courts of misuse of office and sentenced to two years in prison. Multiple courts upheld this conviction. In addition, Mr. Gruevski is indicted in four pending criminal cases,” the spokesperson said, adding that “we believe it is appropriate for the Macedonian legal process to proceed and for Mr Gruevski to be held accountable within the Macedonian justice system,” said the State Department spokesman.

Gruevski was sentenced to two years in prison for the “Tank” case led by the SPO for unlawfully influencing officials for the purchase of a luxury Mercedes Benz, worth 600,000 euros, and was set to surrender himself to Shutka prison on November 9 after his appeal was turned down.

In a Facebook post yesterday, he claims to be in Budapest seeking political asylum. Today, the Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office for Prosecuting Organized Crime and Corruption announced that it is investigating how Gruevski fled Macedonia and suspect that officials had assisted him.

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