NEWS OF THE DAY: Newly elected members of the State Election Commission (SEC) today took a solemn oath before President of Parliament
The newly elected members of the State Election Commission (SEC) today took a solemn oath before Parliament President Talat Xhaferi. Aleksandar Dashtevski will be President of the SEC, and Ditmire Shehu Vice-President. Boris Kondarko, Radica Risteska, Oliver Ristovski, Boban Stojanovski and Krener Loga are members of the Commission.
The new President of the SEC, Aleksandar Dashtevski, who as the head of the Commission comes upon the proposal of VMRO-DPMNE, stated that it is good that everything was completed on time, as this is important for good organization of the election process and that there shouldn’t be a gap between two commissions.
CIVIL, before Dashtevski’s election, alerted the public and reminded the Parliament of the Republic of North Macedonia that they have an obligation to make decisions that protect the interests of the citizens and reminded that Dashtevski is a former president of the Commission for Protection against Discrimination. While he ran this institution, the Commission was dead, with the exception of cases when discriminatory and criminal actions of Gruevski’s regime were supposed to be defended. Dashtevski is a man from the front lines of Gruevski’s regime.
STATEMENT OF THE DAY: Shahpaska: The Law on Mandatory Retirement blocked by the opposition with 400 – 500 amendments
The legal solution for mandatory retirement in the public sector at the age of 62 and 64 is in parliamentary procedure, but blocked with 400 – 500 amendments by the opposition, said today Minister of Labor and Social Policy Jagoda Shahpaska.
“My knowledge is that the law has come to the second reading, but that all four laws that regulate retirement at the age of 64, the Law on labour relations, on administrative servants, health care and for higher education, are blocked by the opposition with 400-500 amendments each. I call on all MPS, both from the government and from the opposition, to find a solution and outcome, because our knowledge is that all amendments are in essence the same, only for shifting the validity of the law. For them to agree and for this legal solution to be submitted”, said the Minister.
FLASH NEWS
In Parliament, a debate is being led for the third day on the Draft Law on Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of North Macedonia. And the third day of the debate, like the previous two, went by with opposing opinions of the ruling majority and opposition, mainly in regards to whether the country needs a census precisely this year and how much the process will really be statistical, and not political.
The Basic Prosecutor’s Office Struga, formed a case in regards to articles in certain media that at the Vevcani Carnival, a flag of the Republic of Bulgaria had been set on fire.
The Doctor’s Chamber has started with online lectures for family doctors throughout the country, to whom the protocols for the use of the drug Ivermectin are being further explained, which is used for the treatment of Covid-19. Starting from next week, as the Ministry of Health informs, the Doctor’s Chamber will organize an online discussion with doctors from clinics (doctors who work in hospitals) on the use of the drug.
The Coalition “Margins” demands from the Parliament for the new composition of the Commission for Prevention and Protection against Discrimination to be urgently voted on.
Deputy Prime Minister in Charge of Economic Affairs, Coordination of Economic Sectors and investments, Fatmir Bytyqi, today, upon the invitation of the “Center for Civil Communications”, “Connect” and the “Association of Tax Advisors”, participated in a debate that is being carried out within the project “Strengthening Integrity and Reducing Corruption in State and Private Business Sector” on the topic “The work of state-owned enterprises through the prism of financial indicators”, where the publication on the results of the financial wok of the 30 biggest public enterprises in state ownership was also presented.
One of the pre-election promises of the Mayor of Tetovo, Teuta Arifi, was reducing the municipal debt. However, the debt has not only not been decreased, but rather this municipality is already considered the biggest “debtor” from the total 80 municipalities in the country, and in just three months, the Municipality of Tetovo has increased its debt by 1.4 million euros, writes Portlab.mk.
translation: N. Cvetkovska
