Tag: DUI
Macedonia 23.05.19 | 11:54

Fight between Zaev and DUI over the planned purge heats up

IBNA reports that Zoran Zaev will replace at least six ministers in his Government, after promising a purge of the most corrupt officials in a bid to bolster support for his SDSM – DUI coalition in the presidential elections. The purge became politically challenging for Zaev, as the DUI party refuses...

Macedonia 22.05.19 | 22:19

Pendarovski gave DUI a “strong slap in the face”

President Stevo Pendarovski appointment of Erol Musliu as director of the Intelligence Agency is considered a strong “slap in the face” for DUI, the newspaper Lajm reports, citing party sources. According to the newspaper in Albanian language, Musliu was mentioned in 2011 as a potential candidate...

Economy 16.05.19 | 17:08

DUI wants to replace Zaev’s economics ministers

Zaev’s promise to purge the most corrupt members of his Government has sparked a  confrontation among his ministers. After insisting that the DUI party will not allow its ministers to be purged without approval from Ali Ahmeti, Deputy Prime Minister Bujar Osmani is now openly pushing for changes...

Macedonia 11.05.19 | 14:23

Ahmeti’s brother wants to see four top DUI party officials retired

Ferki Ahmeti, the brother of DUI party leader Ali Ahmeti, publicly called out several party officials who should be ‘retired’. Ferki named Deputy Prime Minister Hazbi Lika, his predecessor Musa Xhaferi, as well as two former mayors Nevzat Bejta and Izet Mexhiti. None of these have youthful...

Macedonia 10.05.19 | 14:00

Duraku on Zaev’s sweep: No one can interfere in DUI

It is still uncertain which government officials will be included in Prime Minister Zoran Zaev’s announced sweep and whether it will happen at all. Regarding the rumors about the dismissal of the Minister of Ecology Sadula Duraku, he told TV21 that only Ali Ahmeti decides on this. DUI is a coalition...

Macedonia 05.05.19 | 21:43

DUI official gloats: We elected the President

DUI party official Artan Grubi was gloating this evening, as results revealed that nearly all ethnic Albanians who voted in the presidential elections supported Stevo Pendarovski. Ali Ahmeti and DUI elected the Speaker of the Parliament. Ali Ahmeti and DUI elected the Prime Minister. Ali Ahmeti and DUI...

Macedonia 03.05.19 | 10:48

Zaev plans to turn on DUI after the presidential elections?

According to the Magazin news site, Zoran Zaev is planning to cut DUI out of his ruling coalition and is approaching both the Alliance of Albanians and BESA to replace the Albanian terrorist organization cum nationalist party with an extensive track record of corruption. Zaev asked for a meeting with...

Macedonia 01.05.19 | 17:53

DUI promises it will deliver 80.000 votes for Pendarovski

After the exceptionally low ethnic Albanian turnout in the first round of the presidential elections, DUI official Izet Mexhiti, who runs the presidential campaign for this party, promised that he will deliver 80.000 votes for SDSM candidate Stevo Pendarovski in the second round. This is the same number...

Macedonia 25.04.19 | 11:01

Zaev’s sweep should start from DUI

Zaev’s sweep should start from DUI officials, Dervis Alimi, a member of BESA leadership said Wednesday on TV Alfa “Otvoreno” show. The very fact that he acknowledged irregularities and inconsistencies in his policy, acknowledged that there should be a sweep in his ranks, and he should...

Macedonia 13.04.19 | 17:47

Ahmeti: If we want to live in this country, we have to work on our values

The Democratic Union for Integration held Saturday its campaign within the presidential election in the Kicevo, where the head of municipal headquarters Urim Ahmeti said in his address said that voting for the consensual candidate will mean moving forward in the EU integration processes and membership...

Macedonia 10.04.19 | 17:25

Pendarovski’s past statements about DUI and the referendum come back to haunt him

In his second presidential run, Stevo Pendarovski is the joint candidate of the ruling SDSM and DUI parties. But until not long ago, Pendarovski was extremely critical of Ali Ahmeti’s Albanian terrorist organization turned political party. A video with a series of his comments about DUI was posted...

Macedonia 03.04.19 | 15:49

Ahmeti boasts with the number of high offices assumed by ethnic Albanians

DUI leader Ali Ahmeti ticked off all the institutions which ethnic Albanians assumed under his mandate, and promised that he will continue to deliver for the Albanian cause in Macedonia. So far we accomplished the Defense Ministry, the Interior Ministry, the Ombudsman, parliament Speaker. This is the...

Macedonia 29.03.19 | 10:51

Anti-Corruption Commission head shocked by DUI’s party financing model

Biljana Ivanovska, head of the state Anti-Corruption Commission, said that the practice used by the ruling DUI party to force its party members to divert part of their salaries to the party bank account is “shocking”. According to Ivanovska, this amounts to violation of party financing laws. –...

Macedonia 20.03.19 | 12:08

Sela wants a truly independent Special Prosecutor who would dare investigate the DUI party

Ziadin Sela, leader of the opposition Alliance of Albanians, denounced the talks between the ruling SDSM and the opposition VMRO-DPMNE parties about the fate of the Special Prosecutor’s Office, and reminded the public that this office has steadfastly refused to charge any politicians from the perennially...

Macedonia 01.03.19 | 15:54

SDSM and DUI to determine a joint presidential candidate tonight

SDSM, its coalition partners and other parties that provide support for a joint presidential candidate will hold Friday evening a meeting to determine the person who will enter the race for new president of the county in the upcoming sixth presidential election. The coordinator of the parliamentary group...

Macedonia 27.02.19 | 10:13

Zaev does not give up on DUI: Without them we do not have a majority

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said late on Tuesday that without DUI lawmakers they will not have 61 deputies and that the situation is not very simple. We have a coalition of 68 MPs. If you take away the ten MPs of DUI, we have 58, so we do not have 61. So, it is not so simple, therefore serious political...

Macedonia 26.02.19 | 18:28

Government spokesmen insist everything is fine after tensions develop between SDSM and DUI

Government spokesmen Mile Bosnjakovski and Muhamet Hoxha, who come from the SDSM and DUI parties, insisted today that the Government is working normally and that the session today was productive. The comments come after the major spat which developed on Monday between SDSM and DUI members of Parliament,...

Macedonia 20.02.19 | 14:43

DUI move against the Alliance complicates Zaev’s plan to get approval from all Albanian parties for his presidential candidate

Ziadin Sela from the Alliance of Albanians refused to meet with Zoran Zaev and discuss the proposal to find a “consensual” presidential candidate. The decision comes after Arben Taravari, the Alliance of Albanians elected Mayor of Gostivar, was stripped of the right to appoint directors to...

Macedonia 18.02.19 | 13:06

Zaev meets Ahmeti but will also talk to other Albanian parties in search for a “consensual” presidential candidate

Zoran Zaev said that his SDSM party is going to discuss nominating a joint presidential candidate with the ethnic Albanian DUI party, but also with other Albanian parties, including from the opposition. Zaev meets with DUI leader Ali Ahmeti today, after SDSM agreed to allow him to look for a “consensual”...

Macedonia 07.02.19 | 14:20

EU demands that the Macedonian Government stops threatening journalists and investigates PIOM corruption allegations

European Union spokesperson Maja Kocijancic condemned the Zaev Goverment over its intimidation of journalists who reported on the corruption allegations involving the DUI party. Kocijancic also called on the authorities to investigate all allegations of corruption. The dispute originated in a statement...

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