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News 25.02.19 | 14:26

Ziadin Sela demands early elections after a chaotic Parliament session

Ziadin Sela, leader of the Alliance of Albanians, called for early general elections after the outcome of Sunday’s Parliament session which Speaker Talat Xhaferi closed after midnight without allowing a vote on whether the immunity of his ousted predecessor Trajko Veljanoski should be revoked....

Macedonia 25.02.19 | 09:48

After a tense debate, Parliament adjourns without revoking former Speaker Veljanoski’s immunity

Following a tense debate, the Macedonian Parliament failed on Sunday evening to hold the vote on whether to revoke the immunity of former Speaker Trajko Veljanoski. Veljanoski is the eight opposition member of Parliament who faces having his immunity revoked in an unprecedented assault on the opposition...

Macedonia 24.02.19 | 23:22

Late night vote to revoke former Parliament Speaker Veljanoski’s immunity, send him to a terrorist run prison

Despite the narrowly divided vote in the Parliament Committee on mandates and immunity, which did not accept the request to revoke the immunity of former Parliament Speaker Trajko Veljanoski, the Parliament is still going ahead with the vote this evening. Speaker Talat Xhaferi, who ousted Veljanoski...

Macedonia 24.02.19 | 00:15

Parliament Committee evenly split, no majority to revoke former Speaker Veljanoski’s immunity

Members of the Parliament Committee on mandates and immunity were evenly split on Saturday over whether to revoke immunity from former Parliament Speaker Trajko Veljanoski, who is being charged with terrorism by the SDSM Government. The Committee was divided 4 to 4 in the vote, while one ruling majority...

Macedonia 23.02.19 | 12:41

Ruling majority pushes to take away Veljanoski’s immunity making him the eight opposition member of Parliament to be targeted in this way

Members of Parliament from the ruling majority intend to continue working through the weekend in order to strip former Parliament Speaker Trajko Veljanoski of his immunity and send him to prison. He is the latest victim of the political purges going on in Macedonia, aimed against opposition officials. Eight...

Macedonia 21.02.19 | 15:46

Following the latest arrests of opposition officials VMRO demands the appointment of a new Public Prosecutor

Following the latest round of arrests of opposition officials, VMRO-DPMNE said that it is withdrawing from an EU led process to reach consensus on systemic reform laws and demands that a new Public Prosecutor – nominated by the opposition – is appointed. In a matter of only a few months,...

Macedonia 21.02.19 | 10:19

Court demands that Parliament revokes Veljanoski’s immunity

A Skopje Court asked the Parliament today to revoke former Parliament Speaker Trajko Veljanoski’s immunity, after he was charged by the state prosecutors on Wednesday. Veljanoski was arrested along with former Government Ministers Mile Janakieski and Spiro Ristovski, who were kept in detention....