Criminal Court replies to Xhaferi: If you made a decision, we would have taken action


Your statements that the court will be held responsible for postponing the proceedings are unacceptable, as it cannot arbitrarily, and contrary to the law, determine any security measures unless the conditions are met, reacted the Criminal Court yesterday concerning the (non)decision of the Parliament to stripe two MPs of their MP immunity. – If the …

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Xhaferi: Zekiri’s shouting and rude behaviour interrupted last night’s parliament session


North Macedonia’s Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi claims he has adjourned last night’s session because of ‘heckling and rude behavior’ by a SDSM MP. According to Speaker Xhaferi, MP Muhamed Zekiri shouted out that time was running out and that the motion on stripping ex-speaker and current VMRO-DPMNE MP Trajko Veljanoski of his immunity should be …

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Parliament fails to lift immunity for former Speaker Veljanoski


Last night, parliament in North Macedonia convened to lift the immunity for former parliamentary speaker Trajko Veljanoski who’s suspected by the prosecutor’s office as being one of the organizers of the violent events produced inside parliament on 27 April 2017. VMRO-DPMNE’s MPs managed to cause the necessary delays which made it impossible for the lifting of …

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Parliament lifts immunity for former PM Gruevski


Macedonia’s Parliament stripped Tuesday the ex-Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski of his MP immunity by 62 votes in favor. Earlier today, the Parliament’s Committee on Rules of Procedure and Mandatory-Immunity Issues endorsed the court’s motions for stripping of Gruevski of parliamentary immunity, as he fled from Macedonia after being sentenced to two years in prison on …

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Xhaferi schedules session at 17h over Gruevski’s MP immunity


Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi has scheduled the plenary session over the issue of stripping Nikola Gruevski of his MP immunity on Tuesday afternoon at 17:00h. Earlier in the day, the Parliament’s Committee on Rules of Procedure and Mandatory-Immunity Issues endorsed the six motions by the court for stripping Gruevski of his MP immunity, for the …

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Parliament committee recommends stripping Gruevski of immunity, final decision on a plenary session


The Parliament’s Committee on Rules of Procedure and Mandatory-Immunity Issues has endorsed the six motions by the court for stripping of Nikola Gruevski of his MP immunity, for the purpose of ordering detention. VMRO-DPMNE MPs did not attend the session. The decision will be forwarded to the Parliament Speaker, who is set to schedule a …

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Parliament receives five motions for termination of Gruevski’s immunity


The Parliament has received five motions for termination of the MP immunity of former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, who recently escaped and received political asylum in Hungary. The motions will be discussed at Tuesday’s session of the Committee for Rules of Procedure and Mandatory-Immunity Issues. Gruevski was sentenced to two years imprisonment for abuse of …

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With five votes ‘in favor’ the Parliament Committee endorses termination of Gruevski’s mandate


The Parliament’s Committee on Rules of Procedures and Mandatory-Immunity Issues endorsed by majority of votes the court’s motion for termination of the MP mandate of Nikola Gruevski for the purpose of serving a two-year prison sentence over Special Prosecutor’s Office case dubbed Tank. VMRO-DPMNE MPs abandoned the session, claiming it is a political process not …

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