Tag: Constitution
Macedonia 04.09.23 | 20:48

VMRO to Xhaferi: Resume the session of Parliament and let’s end this farce

VMRO-DPMNE member of Parliament Dafina Stojanovska called on Speaker Talat Xhaferi to reconvene the session where the proposed Bulgarian amendments were on the agenda. The slim ruling majority was unable to persuade anyone from the opposition to vote for the amendments that would make Bulgarians one...
Macedonia 01.09.23 | 19:51

Mickoski meets with VMRO members of Parliament, reiterates that they will not accept the Bulgarian demands

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski met with the members of Parliament from his party and the broader coalition, to discuss the situation after the failed first attempt of the Government to adopt the Bulgarian amendments to the Constitution. There will be no changes to the Constitution under Bulgarian...
Macedonia 18.08.23 | 18:42

VMRO held firm, DUI-SDSM-AA failed in their first attempt to pass the Bulgarian amendments

In the Macedonian Parliament today, the coalition of DUI, SDSM and the Alliance of Albanians were unable to show enough votes to amend the Constitution in line with the Bulgarian demands. During the vote to set the agenda for the day, all VMRO-DPMNE members of Parliament held firm, and the majority had...
Macedonia 18.08.23 | 14:39

SDSM: A moment of truth, the Parliament session to show who is for EU, who is against

Saying VMRO-DPMNE’s Hristijan Mickoski was manipulating the public just like his predecessor Nikola Gruevski had been, SDSM, in a press release ahead of Friday’s parliamentary session on the need of updating the Constitution, wrote that this was “the moment of truth, a session that...
Macedonia 13.08.23 | 11:26

Ahmeti wants Parliament to accept the Bulgarian amendments

DUI party leader Ali Ahmeti urged the adoption of the amendments that Bulgaria requires from Macedonia and asked political parties to unify in a “European Front” over this issue. DUI is pushing for the unification of Albanian parties, with SDSM, against VMRO-DPMNE which opposes this latest...
Macedonia 30.07.23 | 13:55

VMRO: The DUI-SDS coalition is losing the votes it counted on

The DUI and SDS Government used to brag that they have the votes to amend the Constitution, but now, as their violent attempt is failing, they are hitting a wall, said the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party, a day after Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani acknowledged that the Government is at least eight votes short. Previously,...
Macedonia 30.07.23 | 08:47

The ruling majority admits they don’t have votes to amend the Constitution

The ruling majority is completely off key – it insisted that it has the votes to amend the Constitution, but today Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani admitted that they are eight votes short, said the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party in a statement. Osmani’s acknowledgement, made at a press briefing,...
Macedonia 29.07.23 | 20:10

Osmani admits that the Government is eight votes short

Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani acknowledged that the DUI – SDSM regime is eight votes short from amending the Constitution in line with the Bulgarian demands. During a press briefing, Osmani welcomed the start of the process in the Parliament, but acknowledged that the votes are not there. This...
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 20.07.23 | 09:26

Karakamiseva: The Preamble is confusing and harmful to the position of the Macedonian nation

According to law professor Tanja Karakamiseva, the proposed changes to the Constitution, which would add the Bulgarian nation and five other nations to the Preamble, are confusing and misleading. She points out to the eclectic nature of the Preamble, which keeps getting rewritten, and now names the citizens,...
Macedonia 20.07.23 | 08:07

VMRO-DPMNE will hold a consultation on the proposed constitutional amendments

After the Government formally initiated the procedure to amend the Constitution in accordance with the Bulgarian demands, VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski said that the party group in Parliament will meet to coordinate its response. We will have a coordination during which we will state our position....
Macedonia 19.07.23 | 14:49

Popovski: We should rewrite the Preamble so Bulgarians are not given thanks for Macedonia’s independence

Regarding the proposed constitutional amendments, professor Vlado Popovski tells Republika that they should remove the portion in the Preamble where we give thanks to all who worked for an independent Macedonia. The key point in the amendments is to include the Bulgarian nation among the constituent...
Macedonia 18.07.23 | 11:46

Split in DUI makes the coalitions’ goal to amend the Constitution even more difficult

As the DUI – SDSM led coalition is trying to get to 81 votes needed to amend the Constitution, and threatens to pressure VMRO-DPMNE representatives to get to this number, they may lose three seats they were counting on. The reason for this is the split in DUI, where a faction led by Izet Mexhiti...
Macedonia 13.07.23 | 16:43

Mickoski: SDSM and DUI can’t find a single VMRO member of Parliament who would vote for their proposal

Claims that VMRO-DPMNE members of Parliament will side with SDSM and DUI in the vote on the Constitution are a figment of their imagination, said VMRO leader Hristijan Mickoski. The issue of the Constitution is closed. At the moment, the only thing we can talk about is when to hold early elections, Mickoski...
Macedonia 13.07.23 | 12:29

Klekovski: Another forced change of the Constitution will leave lasting consequences

Macedonian democracy will suffer lasting consequences if we go through another forced changing of the Constitution, believes VMRO-DPMNE official and experienced NGO activist Saso Klekovski. He was referring to the 2019 amending of the Constitution to impose a name change on the country, which was carried...
Macedonia 03.07.23 | 21:43

Nikoloski: The Government does not have the votes to amend the Constitution

SDSM are talking nonsense when they say that they will find votes in this Parliament to amend the Constitution, said VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski. After an attempt to find a joint position failed, SDSM and their partner DUI are now again indicating that they will try to get members...
Macedonia 17.06.23 | 16:13

Persons with disabilities ask to be included in the Constitution

“Menuvame”, a group representing persons with disabilities, called for their inclusion in the Constitution. The call comes as Macedonia considers amending the Constitution to include several additional ethnic minorities in its Preamble, including, most controversially, the ethnic Bulgarians...
Macedonia 13.06.23 | 17:48

President Pendarovski says that he would also want constitutional amendments with delayed validity, but that is unrealistic

A shift in the general picture regarding the constitutional revision is taking place, considering that the main opposition party VMRO-DPMNE did not even want to discuss about the possibility of changing the Constitution before, said President Stevo Pendarovski on Tuesday. President Pendarovski told a...
Macedonia 20.05.23 | 13:34

Government task group will speed up its work on the constitutional amendments requested by Bulgaria

The Government’s working group set to prepare amendments to the Constitution to reflect Bulgaria’s demands will intensify its work as Prime Minister Kovacevski wants the proposal sent to Parliament during the summer. The group, led by SDSM party loyalist Margarita Caca Nikolovska, includes...
Macedonia 18.05.23 | 13:46

Karakamiseva: The Preamble of the Constitution cannot be amended by constitutional amendments

Law Professor Tanja Karakamiseva offered a draft text for the new Prеambula of the Macedonian Constitution, one which would protect the Macedonian people’s sovereignty and uphold the continuity of the Krusevo Republic, the ASNOM (Antifascist Council of the People’s Liberation of Macedonia)...
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