The events in the Macedonian Parliament on April 27 are not an act of terrorism, the Swedish Supreme Court has confirmed, which refused to extradite Dejan Davidovski over the events of April 27 on charges of “terrorist threat to the constitutional order and security”.
Pursuant to Article 6 of the extradition law, extradition cannot be authorized for a political crime. If the crime also involves a criminal crime that is not political, however, extradition may be approved for that crime if the crime in the concrete case is a predominantly non-political crime, the decision reads.
The Swedish court concluded that the documents in this case included storming into Parliament to try to stop the election of Parliament Speaker by threats and violence. According to the Swedish court, Davidovski is suspected of committing an act of rebellion, but not of terrorism. The Swedish court has ruled that it is a political process, and that is why there are obstacles for extradition.
Dejan Davidovski, 39, was arrested in Sweden in April this year on Interpol warrant. Now the Swedish court is advising him to apply for asylum so as not to be a target for political persecution from Macedonia.
This ruling practically confirms what defense lawyers have repeatedly claimed that there are no elements of the “terrorism” crime for which people were sentenced to nearly 200 years in prison. The Swedish court’s ruling cannot be used in domestic courts as it will have no effect. But its power before the Strasbourg court is great, lawyers say.
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