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Macedonia 30.12.23 | 10:01

VMRO: The Judicial Council turned into a circus

There is total chaos in the judiciary, commented the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party after the Administrative Court reinstated Vesna Dameva as head of the Judicial Council. The little known SDSM party apparatchik was removed as head of the powerful Council that appoints and dismisses judges over the spring,...
Macedonia 30.04.23 | 22:25

Government criticizes the mess in the key judicial institution, but no action is being announced

Days after the dramatic split in the Judicial Council, the Kovacevski Government is making some small moves to rebuke the takeover of this key judicial institution, but nothing is being done institutionally. Deputy Prime Minister Slavica Grkovska posted a Facebook statement in which she broadly criticises...
Macedonia 26.04.23 | 22:40

Head of the Judicial Council dismissed days after the leaked US Embassy letter

Vesna Dameva, recently appointed head of the Judicial Council, was dismissed today in a tense session of the Council. Her removal comes days after the press leaked a letter sent by US Ambassador Angela Aggeler to the main judiciary institutions as well as to the Government, in which the Ambassador protested...
Macedonia 09.12.22 | 20:17

New head of the Judicial Council revealed as an SDSM party apparatchik

Following the surprising change at the helm of the Judicial Council, social media posts have surfaced revealing that the new head of this ostensibly independent and non-partisan institution is a partisan through and through. The Council has the power to appoint, dismiss and evaluate the work of judges....
Macedonia 12.12.19 | 19:18

President Pendarovski appointed a totally unqualified SDSM party activist to the Judicial Council, VMRO says

VMRO-DPMNE accused President Stevo Pendarovski of appointing a completely unqualified partisan activist as member of the Judicial Council – a key institution tasked with appointing and dismissing judges. Vesna Dameva is appointed to the top council from the lowly position of judicial clerk in the...

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