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Macedonia 27.07.23 | 13:09

The parliament session on constitutional amendments will start on August 18 – no one knows when it will end

The plenary session of the Macedonian Parliament on the constitutional amendments will start on August 18 and should last for ten days. The voting is not linked to the last day of the session – that is according to Parliament Rule Book, Chairman Xhaferi claims. “The act of voting is not...
Macedonia 26.07.23 | 23:20

Marko Bislimovski won another mandate as the head of RKE

Lawmakers endorsed Marko Bislimoski to continue as chair of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) on Wednesday, with Aleksandar Chabotarev, Faton Ambari, and Merita Dema elected ERC members. MPs also elected Keti Petkova as a member of the Council of Public Prosecutors and Spase Gligorov as director...
Macedonia 25.07.23 | 10:53

The Parliamentary Commission adopted the need for constitutional amendments; VMRO-DPMNE MPs voted against

The Chairman of the Parliament, Talat Xhaferi, who also chairs the Parliamentary Commission on Constitutional Issues opened on Tuesday the session on constitutional amendments. Upon adopting the agenda, the proposer, PM Kovachevski, elaborated the proposal, and the debate started. VMRO-DPMNE MPs participated...
Macedonia 24.07.23 | 21:51

Mickoski: VMRO-DPMNE position is clear: no support for the constitutional amendments

For more than a year I am repeating our position and I think that it is very clear and unaltered, so I don’t see any reason to alter it under this diktat. My position is supported by all party organs, the coalition partners, and by the MP group. We sincerely expect European behavior from our strategic...
Macedonia 21.07.23 | 17:27

VMRO-DPMNE will participate in the debate on the proposed constitutional amendments

VMRO-DPMNE will participate in the discussion planned for next week in Parliament, over the Bulgarian request that Macedonia amends its Constitution and includes the Bulgarian nation in the Preamble. VMRO strongly opposes the proposal, and denies the ruling DUI – SDSM majority the votes they need...
Macedonia 19.07.23 | 08:59

Government formally asks Parliament to include the Bulgarians and five other nations in the Constitution

The Government today adopted the draft proposal to amend the Constitution, and to meet the main Bulgarian demands. The proposal that will be sent to Parliament includes adding the Bulgarians, Croats, Montenegrins, Slovenians, Jews and Egyptians, in addition to the nations already mentioned in the Constitution. The...
Macedonia 13.07.23 | 14:24

The Government has only weeks left to prepare the constitutional amendments

Even though the Government acknowledged that it is facing short deadlines to amend the Constitution and meet the Bulgarian demands that would unlock the EU accession talks, the expected changes are still not sent before Parliament. Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski said that the proposal will be prepared...
Balkans 13.07.23 | 12:58

Fistfight broke out in the Parliament of Kosovo

A fist fight broke out in the Parliament of Kosovo, after Prime Minister Albin Kurti was splashed with water at the pulpit. Opposition members of Parliament provoked Kurti, but were met with fierce reaction from the representatives from his VV party and immediately fists began to fly. Speaker Glauk Konjufca...
Macedonia 12.07.23 | 17:22

Only issue on which VMRO will hold talks with the Government is holding early elections

Members of Parliament from VMRO-DPMNE will only communicate with Speaker Talat Xhaferi and the Government on the issue of organizing early elections. Any other topic, such as the demands from Bulgaria that Macedonia must amend its Constitution and include the Bulgarian nation in its Preamble, will not...
Macedonia 27.06.23 | 20:49

Xhaferi is prepared to start the procedure for constitutional amendments

The Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia is ready to start the procedure for constitutional amendments at any time, Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi told a press briefing on Tuesday. It takes 30 days from the moment the motion is submitted to Parliament by the proposer to the moment when the need...
Macedonia 22.06.23 | 12:29

VMRO-DPMNE: The Judicial Council events are a consequence of DUI/SDS ruling

The criminal coalition SDS/DUI completely collapsed Macedonia’s judicial system , the level of public trust is barely 1%, the prosecution and the judicial council are completely politicized institutions, existing only to protect the ruling parties’ business interest, VMRO-DPMNE points out...
Macedonia 15.06.23 | 13:51

MP Eftimov: The Prosecutors’ Council will probably experience the same fate as the Judicial Council

The principle “first arrived – first served” applied by the current authorities in the judicial system is becoming ever more widespread, so ti is very probable that the Council of Public Prosecutors will probably experience the same destiny as the Judicial Council, Dejanco Eftimov,...
Macedonia 09.06.23 | 17:59

The citizens have extremely low trust in the Parliament

Macedonian citizens have a low trust in the Parliament and the MPs, a survey conducted on behalf of the Program for Parliamentary Support of the Parliament of the Republic Macedonia reveals. The survey was presented to the Macedonian MPs and the Parliament employees on Friday. On the scale from 1, being...
Macedonia 07.06.23 | 12:59

Trajanov: The debate on one electoral unit has started

After more than two years of blockades, the Parliament will begin the debate on the draft-amendments to the Electoral Law on Wednesday, which proposes Macedonia to be one electoral unit – instead of the current six – while the proportional model would remain, with no election threshold,,...
Macedonia 06.06.23 | 13:37

The countdown before the final decision on the constitutional amendments began

The draft-initiative for constitutional amendments is in the Government and will be reviewed at some of the pending  sessions. The expectations are that the draft-initiative will be delivered to the Parliament by mid-June, when the procedures for amending the Constitution will officially start. The...
Macedonia 05.06.23 | 14:04

The Ministry of Justice reviewed the constitutional amendments and returned the document to the Government

The draft-initiative for constitutional amendments prepared by the Ministry of Justice’s Workgroup was sent to the Government on Monday, which will review it on a regular Tuesday session and then resend it to the Parliament to vote. The MoJ statement didn’t say if the proposal will be on...
Macedonia 31.05.23 | 08:00

Xhaferi: The constitutional amendments will enter the Parliament without a political consensus

At least 4.5 months will pass from the moment the initiative for constitutional amendments is submitted to the Parliament until they are adopted. The process may begin in the absence of a political consensus, the Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi told the reporters at the Tuesday briefing. The entire...
Macedonia 30.05.23 | 08:15

Kovacevski: The MPs should vote in behalf of the people

PM Kovachevski called on Monday for unity, togetherness, and rising beyond political and ideological differences for a better life and secure future.  “I will put forward all decisions necessary for North Macedonia to resume on its path in the realization of its strategic objective – European...
Macedonia 27.05.23 | 17:13

VMRO-DPMNE: No constitutional amendments – VMRO-DPMNE and the people won’t allow it

There will be no constitutional amendments, and if there is at least a bit of courage left in him, Kovacevski should submit the initiative to the Parliament, but also his signed resignation letter, VMRO-DPMNE said in a statement on Saturday. “Since Kovacevski and the Government claim that they...
Macedonia 26.05.23 | 18:36

VMRO-DPMNE: By voting for the laws, the ruling majority degraded the Parliament and used it to justify their crimes

Today, by abusing the “European flag” and voting to approve all seven laws related to the construction of corridors 8 and 10d, the ruling majority of DUI and SDSM degraded the Parliament, using it to uphold the corruption and their crimes, of course, to the detriment of the citizens, VMRO-DPMNE...
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