Tag: DUI
Macedonia 08.08.23 | 14:05

DUI and SDSM are preparing a Manifest for inclusion of Bulgars in the Constitution

SDSM and DUI are preparing a joint Manifest by which they will show their support for negotiating for a full EU membership, and call upon all political parties to unite behind the Manifest. The Manifest stipulates all advantages of EU membership and promises respect for all undertaken obligations, especially...

Macedonia 07.08.23 | 18:23

Taravari may consider leaving the coalition if the constitutional amendments fail

Arben Taravari’s party, the Alliance of Albanians, will consider leaving the Government if there is no agreement on amending the Constitution in line with the Bulgarian demands. Taravari was a fierce critic of the Government – primarily the DUI party – but after he bought a house from...

Macedonia 06.08.23 | 21:44

Bejta returns to DUI, will not support the creation of a new Albanian party

Former Mayor of Gostivar Nevzat Bejta announced that he is returning to the DUI party, even after he supported the rival faction within DUI that is led by Izet Mexhiti. Mexhiti is on the verge of forming a new party, and already announced its name – the Democratic Movement – but Bejta has...

Macedonia 05.08.23 | 11:01

Stoilkovski: Kovacevski and SDS serve DUI’s interests

The offer of conditional resignations from DUI ministers is a well rehearsed marketing trick, says VMRO-DPMNE spokesman Naum Stoilkovski, as the DUI attempt failed to get VMRO members of Parliament to support the constitutional amendments that Bulgaria wants from Macedonia. This happened as a dark cloud...

Macedonia 05.08.23 | 09:20

Stoilkovski: DUI ministers’ conditional resignations are a marketing trick

In an interview with Alfa TV, the VMRO-DPMNE spokesperson Naum Stoilkovski said that DUI ministers’ conditional resignations are a mere marketing trick and an attempt to defocus the public from DUI and SDS crimes and corruption. He said that in the meantime the crime and corruption within the Government...

Macedonia 04.08.23 | 17:42

Will the DUI’s Government eventually pay for the Slupchane inhabitants’ electricity bills?

In the name of democracy and equality, DUI’s Government and its minister Bekteshi must make the details of the deal on electricity bills concluded in Slupchane public. Did the Government get involved in private debtor-creditor relations? Did it guarantee that the private electricity distributor...

Macedonia 01.08.23 | 13:08

Mickoski: By the constitutional amendments, the ruling majority silently introduces a bicameral parliament

DUI and SDSM are silently pushing bicameral parliament by including in the proposal for constitutional amendments an idea for an Interethnic Relations Committee of 43 members that will have the same competencies as a senate in the bicameral parliament, VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mockoski claims. “Why...

Macedonia 01.08.23 | 12:48

Grubi is “magnanimously” giving up on PM office – something Ali Ahmeti and Zoran Zaev agreed on privately

An ethnic Albanian as a PM found its place in the auction of DUI offers to the opposition to vote for the constitutional amendments. Many in Macedonia already forgot about that, but Vice-PM Grubi reminded them. “For the future of our country, we are prepared to give up on all political agreements...

Macedonia 01.08.23 | 12:17

Conditional resignations do not exist, Kovachevski is obliged to send them to the Parliament immediately

The DUI ministers’ resignations will be formally submitted to the Prime Minister at a Government session, signed y each of the DUI’s five ministers, the MoFA and DUI Vice-Chairman Bujar Osmani announced on Monday. The resignations, as Osmai explained, will be activated automatically immediately...

Macedonia 01.08.23 | 12:02

Mickoski: The DUI resignations should not be taken seriously

The DUI’s ministers’ resignations should not be taken seriously. Their move has no substance since our legal system doesn’t recognize conditional resignations, the leader of VMRO=DPMNE, Hristijan Mickoski told Alfa TV on Monday. Mickoski pointed out that PM Kovachevski was offered two...

Macedonia 01.08.23 | 08:17

MIckoski: DUI’s ministers’ resignations is not a political move, but cheap maneuver to distract the public from other scandals

The ruling parties’ plan is to hold to power for couple more months, to steal what is left to steal. There is no other plan. Everything we see on a daily basis is done only to survive politically as long as possible, that is, until the regular term for parliamentary elections next year, the leader...

Macedonia 31.07.23 | 19:27

Speaker Xhaferi: If everyone else leaves, why would I insist on staying?

Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi has told MIA he would follow the decision of the DUI-nominated ministers and withdraw from the post if VMRO-DPMNE voted for the constitutional amendments. “Why would I insist on staying if everyone else leaves,” says Speaker Xhaferi. On the parliamentary elections,...

Macedonia 31.07.23 | 12:42

DUI will waive the right on provisional ethnic Albanian PM, only if the opposition votes for the constitutional amendments

For the future of our country, we are prepared to waive our MP mandates, the provisional government, and the ethnic Albanian PM. We will waive the entire political agreement with the coalition provided that the opposition votes for the constitutional amendments. This is what Vice-PM Artna Grubi told...

Macedonia 31.07.23 | 08:52

SDSM welcomes the stunt by their partner DUI

Following the political stunt from the DUI party, whose ministers submitted their resignations but conditioned them on VMRO-DPMNE accepting the Bulgarian demands and the proposed constitutional amendments, DUI’s partner SDSM welcoemd this move (which was already rejected by VMRO-DPMNE). According...

Macedonia 30.07.23 | 19:51

VMRO responds to DUI: Make your resignations unconditional and let’s have early elections

VMRO-DPMNE responded to today’s political maneuver by the DUI party, which announced that its ministers are submitting their letters of resignation, provided that VMRO votes for the constitutional amendments. Since DUI made the first move, and they submitted resignations, all that remains is for...

Macedonia 30.07.23 | 16:41

All DUI ministers submit their resignations – they would go into effect if VMRO votes for the constitutional amendments

All Government ministers from the DUI party and the top DUI party officials have submitted tentative resignations from their positions – these will go into effect if VMRO-DPMNE votes in favor of the constitutional amendments drafted under Bulgarian pressure. DUI leader Ali Ahmeti sent a letter...

Macedonia 25.07.23 | 15:43

Political analyst Botsevski: DUI extremely metastasized after 20 years in power

The struggle for ethnic rights is not conducted by selling electricity, by buying exclusive property in the center of Skopje, or by various “borrowed” vehicles. DUI metastasized during the last 20 years in power to such an extent that, at the moment, the most discriminated group of Macedonian...

Macedonia 23.07.23 | 13:07

VMRO-DPMNE: How can a company with no experience in mining guarantee that there will be no contamination?

The Government claimed there would be no concession for new mines in the Strumitsa region. Yet, it almost immediately allowed a company owned by the Destani family, one of DUI’s most prominent sponsors, to buy stocks in Euromax Resources, the owner of an already nullified concession for the Ilovitsa-Shtuka...

Macedonia 22.07.23 | 21:52

Mickoski: DUI needs to spend some time in the opposition

It’s time that, after 20 years, DUI is sent to the opposition, said VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski in an interview with the Albanian language Alsat-M TV. He announced that a consolidated group of parties and politicians will stand up to DUI in the next elections and will challenge their...

Macedonia 22.07.23 | 11:45

Limani: Grubi though he can just buy votes for DUI

Fatmir Limani, a relative of DUI party leader Ali Ahmeti and fierce critic of the corruption in DUI, accused the party of enriching its top officials. In an interview, he discussed Artan Grubi, Ahmeti’s deputy, whose car was burnt overnight in Skopje in an apparent message over his corrupt dealings. We...

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