Grubi goes into Dimitrov’s ring against Miloshoski and Dimovski

DUI MP Artan Grubi was very close to preventing the opposition’s intention to hold Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov under investigation. He entered the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs, led by former Minister Antonio Miloshoski, at the very moment when Dimitrov finished his 75-minute-long address, in which he spoke about his work, the situation in the embassies, the country’s rapprochement to the European integration processes, that is, the reasons that led to the negative response from Brussels for opening EU accession negotiations with the country.
“I was absent, and I see that the minister talking for two hours, I want to read the shorthand, and during that time we should go on a one-hour break,” Grubi demanded.
His demand angered VMRO-DPMNE MPs, who recognized the government’s attempt to save Dimitrov from questions of accountability prepared by the opposition.
“First, Xhaferi called a briefing with reporters in the same hall, so we were waiting for him to finish, and now you have been gone for the entire day, they sent you a message to come and you came just when Dimitrov finished. You know that reading shorthand documents will take several hours, and the media will be gone by that time. There will be no break, there are several MPs that are waiting to address the present, while they are discussing, they will provide you with the shorthand, so when your turn comes you will be ready,” Miloshoski angrily said.
“Yes, I got the message – from Mickoski,” the DUI MP ironized.
A row followed in which Dimovski asked Dimitrov to tell Grubi not to interrupt the session.
“I ask Mr. Grubi not to interrupt the session. Otherwise, no problem, I am only obliged to talk to Chancellor Merkel’s office shortly after noon, and I have a meeting at 7 pm. I’m at your disposal for the rest of the day,” the minister said.
Grubi called for procedure, Miloshoski reiterated that he there will be no break, advising government MPs to seek his dismissal.
In the end, things settled, Dimovski addressed the MPs, and the session continued.
Yesterday’s confrontation with opposition MPs is a continuation of Tuesday’s session of the Committee on European Affairs, in which Dimitrov and Deputy Prime Minister Bujar Osmani were questioned, but without VMRO-DPMNE members who left the session.
Yesterday, as in all previous appearances, Dimitrov defended the policies he advocated, including the Prespa Agreement he himself signed, while the opposition attacked him for changing the name of the country, and for not getting a date from Brussels.
“I have inherited a situation where the country has been receiving conditional recommendations with remarks about backwardness in the media and the rule of law. We lost entire generations while we argued, this is the last chance for us to leave something to the next generations. There were two wrong theses: the first is that changing the name alone will be sufficient for our European integration, and the second is that changing the name is not a condition or an obstacle. The Prespa Agreement is not only our contribution to the EU and NATO, but also an opportunity in Greece to get a serious partner, but also to finally close the Macedonian issue through language and identity,” Dimitrov said.
Regarding the joining North Macedonia and Albania in one package for Brussels, the minister said that the best for the region would be two countries to move forward, but it would have been better if one joined than none. When it comes to the treaty with Bulgaria, Dimitrov said that there can be no friendship if the neighboring country denies our language and identity.
“Let’s not play the victim now, but take responsibility, let’s pass the Prosecution Law, behave in a European manner, because when the time comes and we finally get a date, we will have to renovate our house on our own, even though we will have the union’s support,” the foreign minister said.

Goran Adamovski