Tag: parliament
Macedonia 09.06.23 | 17:59

The citizens have extremely low trust in the Parliament

Macedonian citizens have a low trust in the Parliament and the MPs, a survey conducted on behalf of the Program for Parliamentary Support of the Parliament of the Republic Macedonia reveals. The survey was presented to the Macedonian MPs and the Parliament employees on Friday. On the scale from 1, being...

Macedonia 07.06.23 | 12:59

Trajanov: The debate on one electoral unit has started

After more than two years of blockades, the Parliament will begin the debate on the draft-amendments to the Electoral Law on Wednesday, which proposes Macedonia to be one electoral unit – instead of the current six – while the proportional model would remain, with no election threshold,,...

Macedonia 06.06.23 | 13:37

The countdown before the final decision on the constitutional amendments began

The draft-initiative for constitutional amendments is in the Government and will be reviewed at some of the pending  sessions. The expectations are that the draft-initiative will be delivered to the Parliament by mid-June, when the procedures for amending the Constitution will officially start. The...

Macedonia 05.06.23 | 14:04

The Ministry of Justice reviewed the constitutional amendments and returned the document to the Government

The draft-initiative for constitutional amendments prepared by the Ministry of Justice’s Workgroup was sent to the Government on Monday, which will review it on a regular Tuesday session and then resend it to the Parliament to vote. The MoJ statement didn’t say if the proposal will be on...

Macedonia 31.05.23 | 08:00

Xhaferi: The constitutional amendments will enter the Parliament without a political consensus

At least 4.5 months will pass from the moment the initiative for constitutional amendments is submitted to the Parliament until they are adopted. The process may begin in the absence of a political consensus, the Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi told the reporters at the Tuesday briefing. The entire...

Macedonia 30.05.23 | 08:15

Kovacevski: The MPs should vote in behalf of the people

PM Kovachevski called on Monday for unity, togetherness, and rising beyond political and ideological differences for a better life and secure future.  “I will put forward all decisions necessary for North Macedonia to resume on its path in the realization of its strategic objective – European...

Macedonia 27.05.23 | 17:13

VMRO-DPMNE: No constitutional amendments – VMRO-DPMNE and the people won’t allow it

There will be no constitutional amendments, and if there is at least a bit of courage left in him, Kovacevski should submit the initiative to the Parliament, but also his signed resignation letter, VMRO-DPMNE said in a statement on Saturday. “Since Kovacevski and the Government claim that they...

Macedonia 26.05.23 | 18:36

VMRO-DPMNE: By voting for the laws, the ruling majority degraded the Parliament and used it to justify their crimes

Today, by abusing the “European flag” and voting to approve all seven laws related to the construction of corridors 8 and 10d, the ruling majority of DUI and SDSM degraded the Parliament, using it to uphold the corruption and their crimes, of course, to the detriment of the citizens, VMRO-DPMNE...

News Macedonia 25.05.23 | 16:48

MP Milosovski: The “European flag” is abused to hide the already signed high corruption

“I will begin with a statement by the Minister of Transport Bocvarski, given a couple of days ago on Telma TV. The question to the Minister was, “Why is the contract signed with construction companies on corridors 8 and 10d concealed from the public?”. His answer was – and I quote...

News Macedonia 23.05.23 | 21:32

The corridors related laws move trough Parliament like greased

The members of the Parliamentary Committee on European Affairs passed the fifth and the last law related to the construction of highway corridors 8 and 10d. Lidija Petkoska, VMRO-DPMNE MP, complained that the draft law provides for custom duties exemption to a private company. That is, to say the least,...

News Macedonia 22.05.23 | 11:39

The Parliamentary debate on corridors-related laws continues

The Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia will continue on Monday its 115th session, involving the law amendments related to the construction of corridors 8 and 10d. A total of five laws should be amended as per the contract the government signed with the construction consortium. The debate on the...

Macedonia 17.05.23 | 21:25

By amending the law through a summary proceeding, Kovacevski and Grubi exert violence on behalf of the EU, the opposition accuses

The Macedonian MPs ended on Wednesday afternoon the discussion on the Draft-Law Amending the Law on Labor Relations, which is part of the set of laws related to the construction of Corridors 8 and 10a. Due to not having a quorum, the voting will be additionally scheduled. Opposition MPs stood their ground...

Macedonia 01.05.23 | 21:38

Parliament groups will decide how to examine the Bechtel contract

Coordinators of the party groups in the Parliament will meet tomorrow to determine ways in which the controversial highway contract with the US giant Bechtel will be handled. The contract, which the Kovacevski – Grubi Government wants to keep under wraps, should be given to members of Parliament...

Macedonia 10.04.23 | 13:40

Parliament begins the adoption of most “Bechtel laws”, except the one that would have allowed destruction of archeological sites

In the Parliament today, members of the ruling majority narrowly managed to begin the procedure of adopting the so-called “Bechtel laws” – a set of amendments meant to facilitate the construction of several highways by the US company. After protests from archeologists, the majority...

Macedonia 25.03.23 | 20:59

After the attack from multiple outside connections, the Parliament’s website works only for domestic users

The website of the Parliament is back in operation and is available for domestic users, the Parliament’s press service informed, clarifying that the page was not functional due to an attack from multiple outside connections. According to information from IT experts, it is a flood attack, that is,...

Macedonia 24.02.23 | 09:45

Heated debate expected on election of new ministers

The debate on the election of the new ministers for justice, health, information society and environment and spatial planning is set to resume in the Parliament today. Krenar Loga has been proposed for the Minister of Justice, Fatmir Mexhiti for the Minister of Health, Azir Aliu for the Minister of Information...

Macedonia 13.02.23 | 22:18

SDSM and DUI lose another coalition partner – Pavle Trajanov withdraws his support, will not vote for the new Government

The Democratic Alliance (DS) party led by former Interior Minister Pavle Trajanov announced today that it is leaving the ruling coalition and will move to the opposition. DS has only one seat in Parliament – held by Trajanov, and the post of Deputy Minister for Local Administration, as well as...

Macedonia 13.02.23 | 12:36

Parliament confirms the resignations of Tupancevski, Nuredini, Rendevski and Nuhiu

The Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia today confirmed the resignations of the Minister of Justice Nikola Tupancevski and the Minister of Environment Naser Nuredini, as well as the Deputy Ministers of Health and Justice Vladimir Rendevski and Agim Nuhiu. As Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi announced,...

Macedonia 24.01.23 | 18:18

Speaker Xhaferi warns that the Parliament barely has quorum to continue its work

Speaker Talat Xhaferi warned that the Parliament practically has no quorum to continue with its work. Regarding the constitutional amendments that Bulgaria wants to see adopted in Macedonia, he said that the process should begin by June or July this year, and end in November, when Macedonia would hit...

Macedonia 07.01.23 | 19:04

This Christmas, we must not forget the political prisoners

This Christmas, we need to remember the unjustly imprisoned people who are serving 15 years in prison under the label “terrorists”, said VMRO-DPMNE official Dragan Kovacki. May they not lose faith. Justice is slow, but it will arrive, Kovacki said. The Zaev regime sentenced a group of protesters...

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