Ivanov keeps pardons in his drawer


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 …

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Zaev: The pardons are over


North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said no more pardons would granted by either Parliament or the president of the country. “The pardons are over,” PM Zaev said in response to a question whether President Ivanov could pardon any of the former high officials from VMRO-DPMNE and DUI indicted by the Special Prosecutor’s Office. “The pardons granted …

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Zaev: The pardons are over


North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said no more pardons would granted by either Parliament or the president of the country. “The pardons are over,” PM Zaev said in response to a question whether President Ivanov could pardon any of the former high officials from VMRO-DPMNE and DUI indicted by the Special Prosecutor’s Office. “The pardons granted …

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Basic Court Skopje: 64 amnesty requests forwarded to Prosecutor’s office


Basic Court Skopje 1 said that the amnesty requests by defendants for the 27 April 2017 incidents in Parliament have been forwarded to the Prosecutor’s office. “After getting the opinion from the public prosecutor, the court will take a decision that is to be communicated with the public,” the court said in a press release. The …

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42 amnesty requests so far filed to the court, one defendant gives up his right to amnesty


Forty-two defendants in several cases related to the April 27 incidents have filed amnesty requests so far to the Criminal Court in Skopje. One defendant said he wouldn’t ask for amnesty. The five-day deadline for their submission expires on Tuesday. The applicants can file the requests in person and by post. The court and the …

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Collective amnesty is not an option – Will there be MPs to open the doors to constitutional changes?


The MPs, who opened the doors of the Assembly to the protesters on April 27, 2017, are now “suspected” as possible voters of the government’s proposal to start the constitutional changes. Such an impression was created yesterday rafter equests for the release from house arrest of three of the five deputies covered by the process …

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