Reactions to President’s Pardons

Both SDSM and Levica have fiercely criticised President Gordana Siljanovska Davkova’s pardons. Venko Filipce’s party said on Wednesday that the President’s “scandalous” decisions meant she was a protector of criminals and drug clans.

According to Dimitar Apasiev’s party, PM Hristijan Mickoski, too, approved the list. Commenting on her pardons, the President said she trusted the Commission, adding that the persons’ acts, not names, had been analyzed.

“The persons are interesting, in a negative sense, but the Commission was guided by the acts in question,” she underlined, adding that she respected knowledge and that she would never interfere in the Commission’s work.