Tag: referendum
Macedonia 16.09.22 | 15:21

EU: We have taken into account Xhaferi’s decision, it is up to competent domestic institutions to decide on the interpretation and implementation of national procedures

We have taken this decision into consideration. It is up to the competent domestic institutions in North Macedonia to decide on the interpretation and implementation of the national procedures. This is the response of the European Union to the question of “Republika” for a comment on whether...

Macedonia 13.09.22 | 21:34

Stojanovska: They do legal gymnastics to avoid the people!

Dafina Stojanovska from VMRO-DPMNE today at a press conference following the decision of Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi to reject the referendum initiative, pointed out that he had many roles in the past, but now publicly added the role of a constitutional judge to himself. Interpretation of the Constitution...

Macedonia 13.09.22 | 21:24

Xhaferi dismisses VMRO-DPMNE’s referendum initiative

The citizens’ initiative is not a matter for which a referendum could be organized nationwide. The international treaties ratified in accordance with the Constitution are part of the national legal order and cannot be changed by a law, Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi says responding to VMRO-DPMNE...

Macedonia 11.09.22 | 19:05

Mickoski: If the announcements about rejecting the Referendum initiative are true, the government once again shows that it is running away from facing the people

If it is true, once again the government is showing fear, they are afraid, they are running away from the people, they are running away from early elections, they are running away from the Referendum and I really don’t know if they deserve the epithet of being the government because the only thing...

Macedonia 11.09.22 | 15:50

Nikoloski: EU should return to its earlier criteria, Macedonian opposition demands

Macedonians would be able to decide through a referendum about the friendship treaty with Bulgaria. The largest opposition party of the country is collecting signatures for the initiative. The treaty signed with Bulgaria in 2017 is the basis of Sofia’s demands, VMRO DPMNE says. Bulgaria has been...

Macedonia 10.09.22 | 12:58

Mickoski: Be encouraged, gentlemen from the government, do not hide behind some agendas, support the referendum

Be encouraged gentlemen from the government, do not hide behind some agendas, support the referendum, as the people will decide, we will all act together. Let’s see where our Macedonia should go, says the leader of VMRO DPMNE Hristijan Mickoski. They say, but VMRO-DPMNE abandoned the idea of requesting...

Macedonia 09.09.22 | 14:28

Mickoski: Referendum must be held, Kovacevski and Pendarovski to not obstruct the process through Xhaferi

It is time for the government, which is afraid, and the president, which is very afraid, to support this process, not to obstruct it now through Talat Xhaferi in the Parliament. But they should first allow those 150,000 citizens’ signatures to be collected, and then hold the Referendum, where the...

Macedonia 09.09.22 | 11:26

VMRO-DPMNE calls for triple elections on the same day – referendum, early parliamentary and presidential elections

Let’s hold triple elections, organize a referendum, early parliamentary and presidential elections on the same day, said VMRO-DPMNE. If the anti-Macedonian SDS and Dimitar Kovacevski are confident that they enjoy the support of the citizens and that their policies are correct, then there is no...

Macedonia 07.09.22 | 17:13

Mickoski: Over 500 signatures collected in less than an hour, now it’s the Parliament’s move

Over 500 signatures were collected in less than an hour, although only 100 are needed for the referendum initiative, says the leader of VMRO-DPMNE, Hristijan Mickoski. Thanks for the quick response and initiative. The people do not want solutions that deny our uniqueness and identity. Now it’s...

Macedonia 07.09.22 | 15:33

Mickoski submits referendum initiative, calls on government to be encouraged and confirm its policies in early parliamentary elections together with the referendum

VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski submitted an initiative for a Referendum to the State Election Commission (SEC) today. Mickoski expects one hundred signatures to be collected today in the regional offices of the SEC so that it can be delivered to the Parliament after the national holiday. He, as...

Macedonia 06.09.22 | 10:03

“The agreement with Bulgaria is the root of all negations, that is why a referendum is needed”

VMRO-DPMNE is starting a procedure for a mandatory referendum with the aim of canceling the agreement with Bulgaria signed by SDSM, which is the root of all negations, the party says. The EC of the party made a decision to approach the collection of 100 signatures for a citizens’ initiative, the...

Macedonia 05.09.22 | 21:00

Mickoski: VMRO-DPMNE to file initiative to collect signatures to call a referendum against the Agreement with Bulgaria

VMRO-DPMNE Executive Committee held a session which was focused on the initiative for a referendum, which comes after the imposed underestimating conditions for open Bulgarianization and identity redefinition of Macedonia, something that the Government of SDSM accepted, the leader of VMRO-DPMNE, Hristijan...

Macedonia 05.09.22 | 13:58

VMRO-DPMNE EC to hold session, decide on the referendum on Bulgaria’s demands

At a session of the Executive Committee this afternoon, VMRO-DPMNE will make a decision on the proposal for a referendum question on the package of conditions that became part of the negotiating framework, and reflects the Bulgarian maximalist demands. The leader of VMRO-DPMNE Hristijan Mickoski opened...

Macedonia 03.08.22 | 22:11

VMRO-DPMNE: Kovacevski is ignoring the people by running away from the referendum

Kovacevski is ignoring the people by running away from the referendum, and does nothing about the energy crisis, only raises prices, VMRO-DPMNE reacted. It is appalling that Kovacevski persistently lies to the people that language and identity are protected with the negotiating framework, and it actually...

Macedonia 03.08.22 | 15:48

Arsovski: Intra-party consultations on referendum question still ongoing, as soon as a decision is made, we will present it publicly

Consultations on the phrasing of the referendum question are still ongoing in VMRO-DPMNE, which is their initiative following the French proposal. The party pointed out that it is a major issue and that they are not bound by deadlines. The opposition accuses that the government is afraid and doesn’t...

Macedonia 01.08.22 | 09:55

By running away from the referendum, the illegal Prime Minister Kovacevski is running away from the people

By running away from the referendum, the illegal Prime Minister Kovacevski is running away from the people. This is what VMRO-DPMNE calls the Prime Minister after he said he was against the referendum on the conditions under which we should start negotiations. The referendum is the greatest achievement...

Macedonia 29.07.22 | 11:04

VMRO-DPMNE: If Pendarovski is in favor of a referendum, let’s call together to face the people

If Pendarovski is in favor of a referendum, let’s call together to face the people, says VMRO-DPMNE. The referendum is the highest form of democracy in a society, and the best way to hear the opinion of the people. It is good to hear that Pendarovski is on the same line as president Mickoski,...

Macedonia 28.07.22 | 13:52

Mickoski: After a long time I hear something reasonable from Pendarovski, the citizens should decide in a referendum what will be the European future of Macedonia

I have to admit that for the first time after a long time we may be on the same wavelength with Pendarovski, I am also thinking of presenting a phrasing of the question before the Executive Committee, but also before the citizens in that direction. But I also expect that Pendarovski will then call on...

Macedonia 27.07.22 | 10:49

Osmani interferes in the content of the referendum question

Portugal will continue to provide full political and technical support to Macedonia in the entire European integration process of the country and does not expect further bilateral blockades from Bulgaria during the negotiations with the EU, this was the message sent yesterday from Skopje by the head...

Macedonia 24.07.22 | 20:09

If SDSM believes that the people is with them, it should not be afraid and support the referendum initiative

If SDSM believes that the people is with them, it should not be afraid and support the referendum initiative, and only in this way will it be known whether they are right or VMRO-DPMNE, the president of VMRO-DPMNE, Hristijan Mickoski, said at today’s event of the Democratic forces of the Roma party,...

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