Prime Minister Mickoski stated today that he has a premonition, but denied that he has information, that former senior officials who have been part of SDSM governments will face prosecution.
Asked about the Nikola Gruevski case, he expressed his premonition that members of the opposition will be persecuted.
According to him, it is worrying that the opposition is not calling on Vasko Kovačevski to return to the country to face justice.
Kovachevski, as the former Director of EMV, is among 13 suspects for misappropriation of fuel oil supplies and money laundering and is currently on the run.
HRISTIJAN MICKOSKI – Prime Minister
"I expect the opposition to behave with criticism even when former officials of SDSM governments, former Prime Ministers and their relatives, are involved in certain persecutions. I'm not saying that I have information, I have a premonition. I expect that then they will have such press conferences and they will not say that it is a matter of political persecution but will call on them to answer before the authorities to prove their innocence."
SDSM, through a statement today, citing German media articles, claims that Orban's fall represents bad news for Mickoski.
The Social Democrats continue to insist that autocratic regimes are falling, claiming that the next one is Vučić's regime in Serbia, and then Mickoski's in Macedonia.
SDSM, citing the warnings of the new government in Hungary, directly called on the Ministry of Justice for urgent procedures for Gruevski's extradition.
ANDREJ ZHERNOVSKI – SDSM
"Following the recent statement by the new Prime Minister of Hungary, Peter Magyar, that Hungary will not be a haven for fugitive criminals, we send a direct message to the Ministry of Justice, after procrastination, to immediately move towards the request that Gruevski be returned to where he committed the crime - to Macedonia."
On the other hand, the Ministry of Justice, yesterday through a press release, announced that so far only one extradition request has been submitted for the fugitive former Prime Minister, Nikola Gruevski, dated November 20, 2018, while the request was also completed in June 2019.
According to the Ministry of Justice, Hungary had rejected the extradition request on August 05, 2019, on the grounds that Nikola Gruevski had been granted asylum, in accordance with Hungarian laws, which do not allow the extradition of a person who enjoys such status to the country from which he fled.
The Ministry of Justice ensures that it continuously follows the case and takes all measures in accordance with the law to provide the necessary documents.
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