There must be a legal resolution to the “Racket” case, but for all other cases indicated in the released tapes, which I expect a procedure to be initiated, said President Stevo Pendarovski on Friday.

We must resolve this case, just as we have to resolve all the cases I mentioned in the address, which are indicated in the so-called tapes. Not only because it is needed for joining the EU and open negotiations, but also for us, said Pendarovski answering journalistic questions on the sidelines of the regional anti-corruption forum in Skopje.

He emphasized that for decades we have been talking about the rule of law, and the EU has been warning us for decades and years that we do not have the rule of law at the level that a candidate country and a future Union member country should have.

If we come halfway, sentence one or two people, and put aside the others, let’s not say bigger fish, we cannot pretend to be part of the modern European family of nations and states, Pendarovski emphasized.