Tag: Constitutional Court
Macedonia 30.05.24 | 22:33

Constitutional Court judges fail to elect new President after regime judge Kacarska’s term expired

The Constitutional Court failed today, in two attempts, to elect a new chief justice. Dobrila Kacarska, notorious for persecuting opposition officials and protesters during her term as judge, had her term as President of the Constitutional Court expire. Two other candidates close to the SDSM party are...
Macedonia 15.02.24 | 18:20

In honor of the 60th anniversary, the Constitutional Court promotes a postal stamp and logo

On Thursday, The Post of Macedonia released a commemorative postal stamp in honor of the 60th anniversary of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Macedonia. Alongside the stamp, the Court will, for the first time in six decades, adopt its unique logo, intended for use on all memoranda and notes...
Macedonia 08.02.24 | 21:49

SDSM party loyalist Ana Pavlovska – Daneva appointed to the Constitutional Court

The Parliament today elected Ana Pavlovska – Daneva, professor at the Law Faculty in Skopje and an SDSM party loyalist, as new member of the Constitutional Court. Pavlovska was elected with 65 votes in favor and 26 against, with the votes split along party lines. VMRO-DPMNE pointed to her long...
Macedonia 03.08.23 | 13:52

The new labor law provides for abuse of the highway construction workers – the Constitutional Court formed a case

The Macedonian Constitutional Court formed a case in which it will review the constitutionality of the Law on Amending and Supplementing the Law on Labor Relations, that is, its articles 1, 2, and 3, acting upon an initiative submitted by the Helsinki Committee on Human Rights. In its initiative, the...
Macedonia 13.07.23 | 18:02

Court tells Minister Loga to implement their decision on the birth certificates without further consultation

The Constitutional Court accused Justice Minister Krenar Loga of misinforming the public in their continued spat over the birth certificates. Loga wants the birth certificates to declare the ethnic identity of the citizen, in an attempt to stop abuse of the preferential public sector hiring system for...
Macedonia 05.07.23 | 15:25

Constitutional Court freezes issuing of birth certificates that contain the ethnic identity of the citizen

The Constitutional Court issued a temporary ban against the decision by Justice Minister Krenar Loga to include ethnic identity in the birth certificates. The decision was reached with five votes in favor and two opposed – both “no” votes were from ethnic Albanian justices. Minister...
Macedonia 27.06.23 | 09:30

Why Public Prosecutor Jovevski doesn’t give up on his application for a Constitutional Judge?

The head of the Public Prosecutor Office, Lyubomir Jovevski decided to wake up and grab some work, years into his mandate, but only after the EU reprimand on the functioning the judicial system arrived, and especially after Struga mayor Ramiz Merko was backlisted by the USA. This is a good, but very,...
Macedonia 14.06.23 | 18:30

The Constitutional Court rejected the initiative on Ivan Mihajlov

The Constitutional Court decided to reject the initiative requesting annulment of the Statute and the Program of the Association “Cultural Center Ivan Mihjlov” – Bitola. The decision was after the Court determined that the Association is previously erased from the Central Registers...
Macedonia 14.06.23 | 13:34

This Government agreed to rehabilitate Ivan Mihajlov, one of the worst slaughterers of Macedonians

“The citizens are coming together in this association in order to promote, the life, the ideology, the REHABILITATION and to enlighten the life and the works of Ivan Mihajlov as one of the most significant characters in the Macedonian history”. This is the content of Article 2 of the Statute...
Macedonia 30.05.22 | 20:44

Kacarska: Constitutional Court situation is not only a problem of the court but also of the state

The Constitutional Court has four judges less than what has been regulated to function with a total of nine judges and this has been going on for more than six months. Each passing day, the citizens suffer losses because the initiatives they submitted and cases have been postponed, said Constitutional...
Macedonia 04.03.22 | 18:47

Constitutional Court will decide the fate of the illegally built Mavrovo villas

The Constitutional Court will hear a challenge on the new spatial plan in Mavrovo, that allows building of nine villas in a coveted part of the lake shore. Developers began work on 87 villas next to the Radika hotel, and the local authorities said they will allow nine of them. Even this is challenged...
Macedonia 02.03.22 | 09:25

Challenge to Xhaferi’s election unlikely to be accepted by the Constitutional Court

All five remaining judges on the Constitutional Court will need to vote in favor in order to bring down the contested 2017 election of Talat Xhaferi as Speaker of Parliament. The court unexpectedly put the long delayed case on the agenda, at a time when it can barely operate due to unfilled vacancies...
Macedonia 02.02.22 | 17:55

After Constitutional Court refuses to review the Prespa Treaty, professor Karakamiseva announces she will file a case with the European Court of Human Rights

Law professor Tanja Karakamiseva responded to the prompt decision of the Constitutional Court to refuse to review her petition against the Prespa Treaty, and the way it was rammed through Parliament. According to judge Osman Kadriu, the treaty is not an individual act and its effects are not individual...
Macedonia 14.01.22 | 17:48

Constitutional Court left with only five judges

The nine-year term of the constitutional judge Jovan Josifovski ends today, informs the Constitutional Court. He was elected a judge of the Constitutional Court on December 24, 2012, and his employment began on January 14, 2013. Judge Josifovski contributed with his active participation in the work...
Macedonia 14.09.21 | 18:48

Letter from the US Embassy stopped the process of appointment of new judges on the Constitutional Court?

The 360 news site reports that a letter from the US Embassy likely prompted the Parliament to put an end to the procedure to elect new judges on the Constitutional Court. Three judges are set to retire and several months ago the Parliament was moving to appoint new ones. The Zaev regime already appointed...
Macedonia 26.05.21 | 16:42

Zaev regime loyalist judge Dobrila Kacarska named Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court

Judge Dobrila Kacarska, notorious for presiding over the April 27th process, was named Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court today. Kacarska won over another newly promoted justice – Darko Kostadinovski, and got a two-thirds majority of six votes in the court. This gives the Zaev regime increased...
Macedonia 18.05.21 | 15:54

The Constitutional Court will take more time to evaluate the law on public prosecutors

After a heated debate, the Constitutional court decided to take more time to discuss the 2020 law on public prosecutors, that is being challenged because of the scandalous way in which it was adopted. The ruling coalition failed to get the necessary 81 votes, even after months of pressure and bribery...
Macedonia 18.05.21 | 11:24

Constitutional Court begins hearing arguments about the controversial law on prosecutors

The Constitutional Court will begin hearing arguments on the challenge to the law on state prosecutors, which was adopted in 2020 under a very controversial procedure. The Zaev regime and Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi had the members of Parliament vote twice, after the law did not receive the necessary...
Macedonia 06.05.21 | 13:10

Constitutional Court will review the way in which the 2020 public prosecutor’s law was adopted

The Constitutional Court agreed to review the 2020 public prosecutors’ law, which was adopted after brutal violation of Parliament norms – initially the Parliament did not approve the law with enough votes, but the representatives were ordered to vote again. Parliament rules state that the...
Macedonia 20.03.21 | 10:43

Doctors asks the Constitutional Court to assess the constitutionality of the ban on the use of vacations

The Association of Residents and Young Doctors will seek justice in the Constitutional Court. In a document, which was posted on Facebook, they say they are filing a motion to assess the constitutionality and legality of a bylaw. They are asking the court to assess the constitutionality of the government...
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