Zaev: I did not talk to Katica Janeva before her phone was confiscated


North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said Wednesday he had not talked over the phone with Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva prior to the confiscation of her cell phone.

Regarding the “Racket” extortion case, there have been media reports that Janeva spoke to a former senior diplomat  and Government official before the seizure of her phone.

“I have not talked to Katica Janeva. You can read everything. I believe citizens can judge by themselves, you can ask the right people, you can ask diplomats and former diplomats as you have asked me, but the Public Prosecutor’s Office has said there was no search in her home, only her phone was confiscated in order to see her relationship with Bojan Jovanovski or to determine if she had been misused,” Zaev told a press conference.

The Prime Minister added that the investigation should show Janeva’s role, saying the presumption of innocence is valid until there is proof of her involvement.