No one controlled Igor Spasov while getting medical treatment

None of the institutions controlled convicted special police agent Igor Spasov while he was released to get medical treatment, that is, while serving his prison sentence because he had to undergo meniscus surgery.
Spasov was only obliged to submit medical documentation every month to the judge for the execution of sanctions in the Shtip court in his hometown.
All institutions refer to the laws and state that they have acted legally and as with any escape of a convict, there is no one to blame for the murderer of Martin Neshkoski escaping prison. According to the Law on Execution of Sanctions, the convicted person who is allowed to put prison sentence on hold for medical treatment is obliged to submit medical documentation to the judge for execution of sanctions their health condition every month.
The judge may review the circumstances set out in the request for extension of the sentence interruption, and after making checks on the basis of the opinion of the health care professional, medical documentation and the opinion of the competent public prosecutor, reach a decision as soon as possible.
Until the decision to extend the pause of serving prison sentence is made, the penitentiary institution where the convict is serving their sentence shall be informed that the convict is in hospital treatment in a health institution and that the same person shall be provided with supervision by a prison police officer.
The Shtip court told Nezavisen Vesnik/Independent Daily Newspaper that they controlled his interruption in serving prison sentence by obliging him to submit medical documentation every month about his health state. Officially no one revealed what Spasov’s health problems were, but his interruption was repeated for a total of 14 months.
Spasov was due to report to the Idrizovo prison on October 18 and continue serving his prison sentence, but the convicted felon decided not to return to jail.
The prison informed the Shtip court that Spasov had not returned, and the court issued a warrant for his arrest. But the police failed to find him in his home or in the city, so the court agreed to issue a central arrest warrant to the Ministry of Interior.
But the letter from Idrizovo Prison informing the Shtip Basic Court that on October 18 at noon Spasov did not return after putting his sentence on hold due to health reasons, is traveling to the Shtip court for six days.
The new president of the court, Gjorgi Andonov, who was sworn in before the Judicial Council yesterday, does not know why the letter is taking so long to get to the court, but says the prison could have been called on the phone on October 18.
Andonov was and will continue to serve as a judge for executing sanctions in the Shtip court.
He says he participated as a sanctioning judge in decisions to extend Spasov’s pause of his prison sentence after medical specialists and forensic experts repeatedly sought and recommended it to the court. He replied that the last decision to terminate was given by his colleague from the Shtip court, who was on duty when the request for medical advice arrived.
Lawyer Vane Andreev, who was defending Igor Spasov during the trial against him, says he no longer keeps touch with him and have not provided any legal services after Spasov began serving his prison sentence. Unofficially it is said that Spasov will have to return in a few days because his crime does not expire, and he has already served half of his 14-year prison sentence.
Andreev was also Prime Minister Zoran Zaev’s attorney in the “Bribery” case. Prime Minister Zaev expects the investigation to show Spasov’s whereabouts, but it is important to him that he has the right to a weekend and a right to rest.
“I expect the investigation to show where this person is. The institutions act in accordance with the law, of course in the part of the right of any prisoner or person serving their sentence – the right to a weekend and the right to rest. The institutions acted according to all procedures. I believe that the investigation will soon announce what is happening, i.e. where Mr. Spasov is, said PM Zaev.
Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski does not feel responsible for any of the escapes that have taken place so far.
“While serving a prison sentence, the Ministry of Interior has no jurisdiction, it is under the Ministry of Justice, the prison makes decisions based on their assessments that should correspond to the appropriate findings of whether and under what conditions prisoners should and may be temporarily released”, says Spasovski.
Igor Spasov’s name is now on the list of fugitives with an arrest warrant posted on the Interior Ministry’s website. For the time being, he is wanted on a national arrest warrant, but is on the list with former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, and the convicted of attacking MP Zijadin Sela on April 27 2017 who is wanted on an international arrest warrant.
On the same list are those accused of mass wiretapping, former intelligence officers Goran Grujevski and Nikola Boshkoski, whose escape was the first since SDSM came to power. Spasovski then accused the courts, and after Gruevski’s escape the prosecution opened an investigation to investigate which institution had failed. No one has been blamed for his escape, and Zaev’s latest explanation is that Gruevski was a free man when he fled.
Following the procedures, Nikola Vojmonivski also escaped from house arrest while awaiting the verdict for the Sela attack.
(FFS)