The court has not received any pardoning requests from any defendant, said Criminal Court president Ivan Dzolev on Thursday. Regarding media reports on the possible pardoning by President Gjorge Ivanov, judge Dzolev said it is not appropriate for the court to take a stance on an issue in advance. “The country’s President has the right […]
President Gjorge Ivanov’s Cabinet yesterday did not want to comment on how the head of state will act regarding the requests for pardon received from the convicted of the violent incidents on April 27th, 2017. One month before the end of his second term, the “nation’s father” faces his last serious decision, which is likely […]
The pardoning procedure can only go through the Justice Ministry, which has not received any amnesty requests from persons convicted in the April 27 case. North Macedonia’s Justice Minister Renata Treneska-Deskoska said Tuesday there is no legal grounds for a pardoning procedure by the President. “Article 11 of the Law on Pardoning, which stipulated such […]
Several requests for presidential pardons of people found guilty in the Parliament storming trial have been sent to President Gjorge Ivanov’s office. The last pardon request was received on Friday afternoon, stated the President’s office. Last month, 16 men were sentenced to a total of 211 years in prison for their involvement in the violence […]
The violent events in the Macedonian Parliament was organized by the then-director of the Public Security Bureau, Mitko Cavkov, on the order of former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, said Prosecutor Vilma Ruskovska in her closing arguments, referring to the testimony of the protected witness in this case. Ruskovska said that from the testimonies of several […]
The Skopje-based Criminal Court has extended the detention of former Administration for Security and Counterintelligence head Vladimir Atanasovski by another thirty days. Vladimir Atanasovski is suspected of crime ‘association for enemy activity’ over the 27 April 2017 events in Parliament. The former UBK chief Atanasovski was arrested in December after two witnesses in the case singled […]
VMRO-DPMNE on Monday submitted to Parliament a draft-law on amnesty for people suspected, accused or convicted for their involvement in the 2017 storming of Parliament. Speaking at a news conference, Dragan Danev, MP and coordinator of the VMRO-DPMNE parliamentary group, called on all political parties and their leaders, including Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, to read […]
The five MPs accused of opening the doors of the Parliament on April 27 arrived to the hearing at the new building of the Criminal Court yesterday. Three of them, Krsto Mukoski, Ljuben Arnaudov and Saso Vasilevski, were brought by house arrest, while Johan Tarculovski and Ljupco Dimovski came home. Before the trial and breaks, […]
It’s time for reconciliation. To put our common national interest above ourselves. We were fed up, divided, because of the behavior of individuals in politics… These are part of the messages sent by Prime Minister Zoran Zaev from the parliamentary rostrum, at the beginning of the debate on the government’s proposal for constitutional changes. – […]
With the hearing of witnesses proposed by the prosecution in the Criminal Court in Skopje today, the trial about the events in the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia on April 27th, last year, continued today. At today’s hearing, as announced, several witnesses should be heard, among them Petre Shilegov and Muhamed Zeqiri. At the […]
The trial in the Parliament storming case continues Friday for a third day in a Skopje court with opening statements of defense lawyers representing defendants accused for participating in the violent incidents on 27 April 2017. 33 people, including lawmakers, former office holders, public figures, policemen, are tried in one of the most complex cases […]
The Skopje Appellate Court has altered the detention measure into house arrest for MP Ljuben Arnaudov and organizers of “Joint Macedonia” protests Boris Damovski and Bogdan Ilievski, who are suspects in the case regarding the incidents in Parliament on 27 April 2017. Their passports will be confiscated as a precautionary measure. Former minister of interior […]
