Tag: purge
Macedonia 15.05.19 | 14:16

Zaev says his purge will begin in early June

After returning from his mysterious trip in an unspecified country where he went “with friends”, Zoran Zaev laid the timetable for the planned purge of the Government. He said that at the beginning of June he will replace several ministers, deputy ministers and public sector managers, and...

Macedonia 15.05.19 | 13:47

Transportation Minister Sugareski believes he won’t get purged by Zaev

Transportation Minister Goran Sugareski, under whose term in office construction on several vital infrastructure projects stopped entirely or was badly stalled, says he doesn’t expect to be dismissed by Zoran Zaev in the coming “operation broom”. I honestly don’t think I will...

Macedonia 09.05.19 | 10:33

Fokus: Duraku will be removed as Environment Minister

Sadula Duraku, a former Albanian terrorist commander, best known for the 2001 siege of Kumanovo when he diverted the water flow into the large Macedonian city, is one of the Government Ministers which Zaev intends to shuffle around. According to Fokus, a pro-Government weekly, Duraku will be moved from...

Macedonia 02.05.19 | 00:08

Zaev threatens to purge political opponents in the public administration

It didn’t take long for Zoran Zaev to transform his promise to purge corrupt officials from his own SDSM party and his coalition partner DUI into a threat that the purges will actually affect what he believes are political opponents in the public administration. After the humiliating outcome of...

Macedonia 29.04.19 | 15:43

Mickoski calls on the public administration to ignore Zaev’s threats of partisan purges

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski said that the promised “operation broom” – removal of corrupt officials from the Government’s ranks, is just another false promise made by SDSM and Zoran Zaev. The move comes after many officials from the ruling SDSM and DUI parties were...