Hungarian opposition: We demand that the former Macedonian PM Gruevski leaves the country

“It is unacceptable that we should learn from the foreign press that the Hungarian government gave asylum in our country to a criminal with an international arrest warrant”, reads the letter by Bertalan Tóth, president of the Hungarian Socialist Party, Szabó Tímea, co-president of Dialogue for Hungary and Ferenc Gyurcsány, president of the Democratic Coalition Party.

Gruevski fled his country to avoid prison, reportedly used a Hungarian diplomatic vehicle to escape through Albania.

“It is unacceptable that Hungarian diplomats are forced to travel through the Balkans with a criminal convicted to years of imprisonment, and cover it all up with lies once they are discovered”, the letter states.

The Hungarian opposition also criticizes the authorities for not allowing the Gruevski case to be dealt with in Parliament and its National Security and Defence and Law Enforcement Committees.

The letter has been sent to ‘the most important international organisations and embassies.’

In the letter, the leaders state that ‘they take distance from Orbán and his government, which allows Russian-friendly criminals like Nikola Gruevski to roam free not only among Hungarian people but anywhere in the EU.’

“We demand that instead of CEU (Central European University), one of the best universities in Hungary, the former Macedonian Prime Minister leaves the country”, the three leaders urge.