Tzanakopoulos: Erga omnes condition requires changes in the Constitution

It is certain that the constitutional name should be changed in order for the erga omnes condition to be valid, Greek government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos said in a television debate on the Greek state television ERT.
– For the complex name erga omnes, for overall use, in any case, a precondition is a constitutional review, at least in relation to the issue with the constitutional name. Accordingly, the question of changing the Constitution certainly enters, at least on this level. The rest of the work will be discussed at the technical level as to how many interpretations of the neighboring country’s constitution could exist, which could be characterized as irredentist, but this is an issue related to interpretation. It is certain that the constitutional name should be changed so that the erga omnes condition can be applied, Tzanakopoulos said.

The government spokesman of Greece explained that changes in the Macedonian Constitution are necessary because in the future “the Constitutional Court of the neighboring country may decide that Zaev had no competence to sign the specific agreement”, so for Athens “The only way to resolve the issue, at least, in relation to the name is to have a change through the Constitution.”

Tzanakopoulos revealed that the draft agreement is still in the phase of development by the Greek side, and the delivery to Macedonia will be officially announced by the Greek MFA.

Regarding the current climate between the two countries and the reporter’s comment that the initial optimism has been reduced, Tzanakopoulos explained that all negotiations have brakes and accelerations, and has avoided disclosing technical details of the process.

– At this point, we need to find the necessary formula to reach a solution. This is the political goal of the government and certainly a solution that will be both sustainable and of course it will allow the two peoples to proudly preserve their identity and ideology, explained the spokesman of the Greek government.