In the decision rejecting Goran Gjosevski’s amnesty request in the 27 April case, the Criminal Court mistakenly wrote the name of Abdul Feta Alimi. The two persons, who were Parliament employees during the 27 April 2017 attacks, weren’t amnestied. However, Gjosevski’s lawyer, Ruzica Nikolovska, suspects it’s about so-called copy-paste decisions containing improper formulations that were adopted quickly without taking into ...

On Friday, three of the leaders of the protests in 2017, Vlado Jovanovski, Boris Damovski and Bogdan Ilievski, received an amnesty within the frameworks of the process concerning the 27 April 2017 attacks in Parliament. That means that 15 persons, including the MPs, were amnestied. The remaining 14 didn’t meet the conditions. According to the Criminal Court, the process to ...

Commenting on Gjorge Ivanov’s address to Parliament, the Government said the President continued to divide Macedonia’s citizens and obstruct their progress by spreading lies and hate. As it was added in the press-release, Ivanov can only talk about his mandate’s failure because Macedonia is set on the success road. “Ivanov is a politician that isn’t committed to Macedonia’s strategic interest,” ...

On Thursday, the Criminal Court said the amnesty requests submitted to it over the case concerning the 27 April 2017 attacks in Parliament had been sent to the relevant prosecutor’s office for an opinion. Once the opinion is obtained, the Court will make within the legal deadline decisions that will be submitted to the parties. The public will be informed ...

So far, 62 defendants and convicted persons have filed an amnesty request over the case concerning the 27 April 2017 attacks in Parliament. Jane Cento, however, told the Criminal Court on Tuesday he would not file a request. Previously, that had been done by Igor Jug, too. Dusko Lazarov decided to take the same step. Igor Durlovski will not request ...

The ruling majority is convinced that the constitutional amendments will receive the required two-thirds support despite the amendments announced by the Albanian opposition bloc. It expects the changes to be voted through in the final stage even with over 80 votes. Bilall Kasami’s BESA will file three amendments, which concern the languages law, Preamble and diaspora. Alliance for Albanians, too, ...

On Monday, Parliament adopted, in first reading, the Draft Law on Prevention of Corruption and Conflict of Interest. It was supported by 58 MPs, whereas 16 voted against. There will be changes in several areas, such as the one concerning the procedure for election of State Commission for Prevention of Corruption (SCPC) head and members. The Deputy Minister of Justice, ...

The European Commission welcomed the adoption of the Law on Amnesty for the Incidents that occurred in the Parliament of Macedonia on 27 April 2017. In a written statement, the Spokesperson of the EC Maja Kocijancic estimates the law as an opportunity for reconciliation on all levels of the Macedonian society. “This decision of the Parliament is an important step ...

The Parliament officially rejected the draft-law on full amnesty for participants in the Parliament Incidents on 27 April 2017, filed by VMRO-DPMNE. “This law focuses on amnesty for all participants in the incidents; those charged and convicted for violence, for the attempted murder of MP Zijadin Sela, and for terroristic organising and endangering of the state’s security. If the government ...

Commenting on the Government’s negative opinion about the draft amnesty law filed by VMRO-DPMNE, Justice Minister Renata Deskoska stated on Wednesday that the amnesty covered in the document had been too wide. “So, the stand was that a potential amnesty and other issues of that type need to be resolved within the frameworks of the reconciliation body in Parliament,” the ...