Officials from the ruling SDSM party and the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party failed to reach a solution today over the law on the public prosecutor’s service, which should include a section on the future of the Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO).

Given the on-going political persecution of VMRO and other opposition parties, to large degree owed to the SPO which is directly coordinating its actions with SDSM, VMRO demands include a provision that the chief Public Prosecutor is appointed by the opposition. The opposition party also insists that the current leadership of the SPO is removed and that illegally obtained wiretaps are no longer used as evidence before the courts.

Antonio Milososki, who attended the meeting for VMRO-DPMNE, said that the party detailed international legal standards which the party was implemented in the future work of the state prosecutors.

We asked Justice Minister Renata Deskoska why wouldn’t she accept adherence to the principles which we outlined, which are based on the judicial practice of the Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. We believe that any prosecutor who wants to work in the SPO should be able to apply, in accordance with his abilities and the merit system, Milososki said.

Hundreds of VMRO officials and officials from other opposition parties are being prosecuted and members of Parliament have been openly blackmailed and threatened with prison sentences if they not vote the way the Government wants them to in the on-going campaign of political terror which was initially excused with the need to change the name of the country and have it join NATO.

Whether the parties agree on a mutually acceptable law on state prosecutors and whether the law is adopted in time before the European Council this summer should affect the outcome of the Council and reflect on the recommendation to open EU accession talks.