Finances

The Ministry of Finance today at a conference, in front of representatives of the European Commission OECD and SIGMA, presented the “Policy for internal financial control in the public sector”, that is, the strategy for the future development of the public internal financial control. From the European Commission they highlighted that we are the first country in the region to have prepared such a strategy.

Minister of Finance, Dragan Tevdovski, pointed out that the public internal financial control is part of the future negotiations with the EU. This chapter, according to the experience of some of the countries in the region, is among the more complex ones in terms of harmonization with international standards and EU best practices. However, said Tevdovski, our country has carried out several twinning projects for the public internal financial control, hence he expects that we will be prepared for the negotiations.

From the European Commission they pointed out that the reforms will provide more transparent and accountable decision-making.

Trials

Gordana Jankulovska, former Ministry of Interior, received a prison sentence of 4 years instead of 6, for the case “Tank”, which was decided by the Court of Appeal of Skopje.

“The Court of Appeal Skopje informs that in acting upon the criminal case publically known as “Tank”, following a public session, it has brought a verdict whereby it has partially accepted the appeals of the accused G.J from S., in a way that has altered the initial verdict in the part of the decision on the sentence and sentenced the accused to prison of four years. The Court of Appeal in the remaining part confirmed the first-instance verdict entirely”, is said in the court statement.

Parliament

Parliamentary questions were scheduled for today in Parliament, whereas Prime Minister Zoran Zaev met with the leaders of the Albanian opposition, Zijadin Sela from the Alliance for the Albanians and Bilal Kasami from Besa, where they expressed support for the SPO’s existence as a separate body within the Public Prosecutor’s Office, which will have effective competencies.

The meeting comes in a period when the government is in search of 80 MP votes in order to adopt the new Law on the Public Prosecutor’s Office, which also determines the fate of the SPO.

CIVIL – activities

Chronicle

“The President of Parliament, Talat Xhaferi, has already announced that he is suspecting abuses during the election campaign. More specifically, he said that in this period the MPs are inclined to abuses, so he will not schedule a parliamentary session during the presidential campaign even if the parties agreed on the SPO. As to Xhaferi, the SPO can wait until May 6”, is said in the pre-election chronicle of CIVIL Media – “In the mercilessness of the elections”, among other activities and information about the presidential elections.

Panel discussion: With arguments and truth against hate speech

The panel discussion “With arguments and truth against hate speech”, organized by CIVIL – Center for Freedom, talks about hate speech and the black campaign, before the start of the official elections campaign.

How the media influence the spreading of hate speech, but also the influence of the social media, the impunity and the indolence of the institutions were just part of the topics discussed by Dehran Muratov from CIVIL in the role of a moderator of the discussion, journalist Kristina Ozimec, activist Mersiha Smailovic and communicologist Sefer Tahiri.

D. Tahiri