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Macedonia 13.08.20 | 10:54

Xhaferi cancels the session of Parliament which would’ve revealed if Zaev has the necessary majority

Outgoing Speaker Talat Xhaferi cancelled the Parliament session he called in order to elect a new Speaker. Xhaferi planned the session for today, just as SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev is set to receive the mandate to form the next Government from President Stevo Pendarovski. Zaev apparently still doesn’t...
Macedonia 11.08.20 | 11:35

Doubts remain over whether the Parliament is constituted or not

Doubts over the next steps of the Parliament persist. Constitutional experts have told Republika that a Parliament that has convened but has not elected a Speaker can’t be considered fully constituted. This is important for the deadlines that regulate the forming of a Government. Under the Constitution,...
Macedonia 28.04.20 | 09:57

Xhaferi: Recalling the dissolved Parliament would amount to a coup attempt

Speaker Talat Xhaferi insists tha tthe Parliament can only convene after an election was held. “Anything else would be a coup attempt”, Xhaferi told TV21, when asked about the request by the ruling SDSM party to re-convene the Parliament that was dissolved in mid February. All representatives...
Macedonia 16.03.20 | 21:53

Pendarovski and Xhaferi had different opinions over whether the Parliament can reconvene again

President Stevo Pendarovski and Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi were again divided over the issue of whether Macedonia can call off the early elections once the Parliament has dissolved. The Security Council met today to discuss the coronavirus epidemic and Pendarovski insisted that it’s possible...
Macedonia 15.03.20 | 16:06

Xhaferi: It’s difficult to call off the elections

Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi said that legally it will be very difficult to call off the elections scheduled on April 12. Xhaferi said that he will discuss the issue at the coming meeting of the Security Council, after members of the State Electoral Commission expressed concern about voting during...
Macedonia 24.02.20 | 15:28

Xhaferi expects an Albanian to be Prime Minister or Speaker after the elections

Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi said that he expects an ethnic Albanian to hold a top position in either the Parliament or the Government following the elections on April 12. Xhaferi was installed as Speaker in a dubious procedure following the major incident in the Parliament on April 27 2017. The...
Macedonia 17.02.20 | 14:48

Xhaferi defends his conduct during the scandalous last session of this Parliament

Talat Xhaferi acknowledged that he made a mistake during the final session of the Parliament, when he declared an ancillary law on state prosecutors as accepted without putting it through two votes. Still, Xhaferi insisted before the press that the law can be considered valid because the Badinter rule...
Macedonia 16.02.20 | 21:37

Elections officially set for April 12

A decision to hold the elections on April 12 was officially signed by Talat Xhaferi this evening, after the Parliament voted to dissolve. Due to pressure from the ruling SDSM party, the Parliament dissolved four days late, intruding into the 60 days deadline provided in the Constitution, which may affect...
Macedonia 14.02.20 | 12:22

Xhaferi asks SDSM to say if they’re serious about holding early elections

“We are not married”, Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi said in response to the threat from the ruling SDSM party that it may cancel its coalition with the DUI party. SDSM said it will kick DUI out of the coalition unless Xhaferi helps them adopt a law that would solidify SDSM’s control...
Macedonia 14.02.20 | 10:46

SDSM threatens DUI as the dissolution of Parliament grows more and more uncertain

The Parliament failed to hold a vote on any of the several laws that the ruling SDSM party is pushing as pre-condition before allowing it to dissolve and prepare the early general elections. A new session is expected to begin shortly today, as yesterday’s ended in acrimony and threats that SDSM...
Macedonia 12.02.20 | 18:12

Xhaferi won’t allow a vote to dissolve the Parliament just yet

Even though the constitutionally provided period of 60 days ahead of the elections begins today, Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi refused to put the proposal to dissolve the Parliament to a vote. The opposition VMRO-DPMNE party made the motion, insisting that the Parliament must dissolve today in order...
Macedonia 10.02.20 | 16:45

Xhaferi says Parliament can be dissolved on February 16 at the latest

Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi said that he discussed the dissolution of Parliament with his office and was told that the latest Parliament can dissolve is February 16. This, Xhaferi said, would allow the elections to still be held on April 12. Parliament is supposed to dissolve on February 12, two...
Macedonia 05.02.20 | 12:44

Xhaferi says he can’t postpone the dissolution of Parliament

Speaker Talat Xhaferi rejected the idea of postponing the dissolution of Parliament while the election date is kept the same – April 12. This was one of the ideas raised by SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev, who opened the door to postpone the elections or to try and pressure a vote on his draft law...
Macedonia 15.01.20 | 20:54

Xhaferi tells Varhelyi he hopes Macedonia will open EU accession talks in March or May

This afternoon, the European Enlargement Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi met with the Macedonian Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi. In a press release issued by Xhaferi’s office, it is said that he expressed hope Macedonia will open its EU accession talks in March or May this year. Despite the grave...
Macedonia 03.01.20 | 10:55

Zaev’s resignation letter submitted to the Parliament

Zoran Zaev’s resignation letter was submitted to the Macedonian Parliament today. In it, he notifies Speaker Talat Xhaferi that he is resigning, and won’t use the option to elaborate his resignation before the Parliament. The letter will then be submitted to President Stevo Pendarovski, who...
Macedonia 02.01.20 | 10:27

DUI won’t rule out a coalition with VMRO-DPMNE

Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi said that the DUI party he comes from would be open to a coalition with VMRO-DPMNE following the elections in April. DUI has been in power for nearly all of its existence, since 2002 when it was formed from the ranks of the UCK/NLA Albanian terrorist group. It was in...
Macedonia 26.12.19 | 13:09

Xhaferi says it is not crucial that the new defense law is adopted before the elections

Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi said that it is not necessary for Macedonia to adopt a law on the army, if it wants to join NATO. In a press briefing, Xhaferi said that the NATO accession is proceeding regardless of the law. The law is one of the dozens that have clogged the work of the Parliament,...
Macedonia 22.12.19 | 12:04

Xhaferi says the Interim Prime Minister can be elected the same day Zaev resigns

Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi says that it is possible a new interim Prime Minister to be elected on the same day when Zoran Zaev is expected to resign – January 3rd. Zaev’s Government is resigning as part of the 100 days rule, and the Parliament should then elect an Interim Prime Minister...
Macedonia 19.12.19 | 14:27

Xhaferi rejects SDSM request for speedy and unilateral changes to the Electoral Code

Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi dismissed the idea of pushing the Election Code changes through an expedited procedure. Xhaferi’s DUI party bogged down the changes proposed unilaterally by its coalition partner SDSM, which aim to abolish the six electoral districts in favor of a single district. Despite...
Macedonia 05.12.19 | 12:21

Xhaferi forwards VMRO proposal for a quick NATO vote to the Government

Speaker Talat Xhaferi forwarded the proposal from the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party to hold a vote on ratifying Macedonia’s NATO accession protocol to the Government. VMRO is proposing that the vote is held now, without waiting for Spain to complete the final ratification of the protocol, as any...
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