Tag: DUI
Macedonia 14.02.20 | 14:20

DUI wants Zaev to accept a move that would make Albanian voters even more over-represented in Parliament

Artan Grubi from the DUI party said that they will support Zoran Zaev’s law on state prosecutors, but in exchange, they want to see the borders between the electoral districts redrawn. The DUI request, Grubi said, would see the city of Debar and the municipality of Mavrovo-Rostuse removed from...
Macedonia 14.02.20 | 12:30

SDSM will not allow the Parliament to dissolve until they get the laws they demand, Spasovski confirms

Interim Prime Minister Oliver Spasovski underlined the determination of his SDSM party not to allow the dissolution of Parliament until the controversial PPO law on state prosecutors, and other legal priorities for SDSM, are adopted. Spasovski was asked whether this pressure from SDSM will mean that...
Macedonia 14.02.20 | 12:22

Xhaferi asks SDSM to say if they’re serious about holding early elections

“We are not married”, Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi said in response to the threat from the ruling SDSM party that it may cancel its coalition with the DUI party. SDSM said it will kick DUI out of the coalition unless Xhaferi helps them adopt a law that would solidify SDSM’s control...
Macedonia 13.02.20 | 19:13

SDSM buys DUI votes for PPO law with smuggling redrawing of electoral districts

Republika has learnt that there is an ongoing bargaining in the Parliament between SDSM and DUI for the smuggling redrawing of electoral districts. Problem is electoral sistrict 6. DUI demands changes, ie Municipality of Debar and Municipality of Mavrovo and Rostuse to be transferred to electoral district...
Macedonia 10.02.20 | 18:35

Ahmeti says he will only support the version of the PPO law that was proposed by the Government

DUI party leader Ali Ahmeti said he supports only the version of the law on state prosecutors that the Government endorsed yesterday afternoon. The version was rejected by the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party, but also by the opposition Albanian parties BESA and Alliance of Albanians, as it guarantees that...
Macedonia 24.01.20 | 13:14

Car owned by former Economy Minister Kuci set on fire in Skopje

A car owned by former Economy Minister Driton Kuci was set on fire in Skopje overnight. The incident occurred in an underground garage in the Butel district where Kuci, an official of the DUI party, had parked his car. Along Kuci’s VW Golf, two other cars were damaged. There are still no indications...
Macedonia 13.01.20 | 17:40

Kiracovski: DUI also doesn’t want annulment of lustration

Political System Committee Chairman Aleksandar Kiracovski said the DUI and the Democratic Party of Turks joined the VMRO-DPMNE in what he described as obstruction of lustration annulment. He said that ways would still be sought to abolish lustration, as it had done injustice. The Political System Committee...
Macedonia 02.01.20 | 16:39

DUI remains with the same staff in the interim government

DUI remains with the current ministers and deputies in the interim government, the party confirmed to “360 Degrees”. Ahmeti and his party have no obligation to withdraw and appoint new ministers in the government because the departments where changes are to take place are led by SDSM staff. The...
Macedonia 02.01.20 | 10:27

DUI won’t rule out a coalition with VMRO-DPMNE

Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi said that the DUI party he comes from would be open to a coalition with VMRO-DPMNE following the elections in April. DUI has been in power for nearly all of its existence, since 2002 when it was formed from the ranks of the UCK/NLA Albanian terrorist group. It was in...
Macedonia 27.12.19 | 23:33

Sela: Our polls say we are leading over DUI ourselves

The Alliance for Albanians can defeat the DUI by itself, party leader Zijadin Sela said Friday on Alsat’s “360 Degree” show, citing the results of their polls. Our polls say that we alone are leading over DUI, as an Alliance for Albanians. On the other hand, respondents who say yes...
Macedonia 24.12.19 | 16:31

Albanian parties opposed to Zaev’s latest plan to postpone the elections

Parties that represent ethnic Albanians rejected the idea launched by the outgoing Prime Minister Zoran Zaev today, that the early general elections planned for April 2020 be postponed. DUI is eagerly looking forward to the elections and to having an absolute win, especially among the Albanian camp....
Macedonia 23.12.19 | 16:36

Outgoing PM Zaev: There is great trust between SDSM and DUI

Outgoing Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said Monday that SDSM Executive and Central Board sessions will discuss all political issues on Friday, recapitulate the year, discuss relations with everyone in the coalition, stressing that it has made major decisions for the state. Before mid-February next year,...
Macedonia 22.12.19 | 17:15

SDSM official announces they will likely not form a pre-election coalition with DUI

Transportation Minister Goran Sugareski said that the ruling SDSM party will select its coalition partners after the April 2020 elections. Sugareski was responding when asked if SDSM is still working on a pre-election coalition with its current partner DUI. We are now focused on having democratic elections...
Macedonia 21.12.19 | 22:11

Ahmeti re-elected leader of the DUI party, vows that no decisions will be made in Macedonia without his approval

The DUI party delegates unanimously re-elected Ali Ahmeti as leader of the party. The former terrorist commander who sparked the 2001 civil war in Macedonia has led DUI since 2002, and has been part of nearly all governments since then. I thank you for your trust, to lead DUI for the next four years....
Macedonia 18.12.19 | 19:27

Grubi: DUI to run in the elections alone, Albanian opposition to unite so that Albanians don’t lose

Following a session of the Democratic Union for Integration (DUI) central presidency, Artan Grubi conveyed the party’s stance that they would run independently in the April 12 elections, and urged the opposition in the Albanian political bloc to unite. DUI is the largest Albanian political party...
Macedonia 18.12.19 | 11:13

Parliament meets over the blocked SDSM election request

In the Macedonian Parliament, a debate is scheduled on the several thousand amendments which the DUI party submitted to the Electoral Code proposed by its coalition partner SDSM. Since it’s impossible to go through all the amendments, the DUI move effectively blocks any debate on the SDSM proposal...
Macedonia 17.12.19 | 21:08

Albanian opposition parties preparing a coalition to take on DUI

The Alliance of Albanians and the BESA party, as well as the smaller Alternative party, have announced they are in talks over the creation of a pre-election coalition. The two conservative parties that represent ethnic Albanians are planning to join forces for the purpose of getting DUI out of office...
Macedonia 13.12.19 | 17:00

You can’t change the rules months before the vote, Janusev tells Zaev

VMRO-DPMNE Secretary General Igor Janusev called the push by the ruling SDSM party to amend the electoral code on its own with hmonths before the vote a mockery. The proposal was detailed in Parliament after DUI, SDSM’s coalition partner, submitted several thousand nuisance amendments, which would...
Macedonia 13.12.19 | 15:45

The outgoing prime minister says he will seriously consider a coalition with the DUI

Outgoing Prime Minister Zoran Zaev does not hide his discontent with the move by the DUI coalition partner, which has submitted more than 5,000 amendments to the Electoral Code. VMRO-DPMNE has submitted 9.000 amendments, DUI has submitted 5.000 amendments, as they told me. And if DUI knows that VMRO-DPMNE...
Macedonia 10.12.19 | 22:24

DUI did not want the entire Law on Languages to be sent to the Venice Commission

DUI did not know that the full law on the use of languages would be sent to the Venice Commission, but only expected parts of the law to be sent, party lawmaker Artan Grubi said on the ” Top tema” show. He also wanted to point out that the Venice Commission’s practice is to pass laws...
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