Zaev in Rome upon invitation of Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev received an invitation from Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte to visit Rome personally. CIVIL Media’s information was officially confirmed by Zaev’s cabinet. Although it is not known what the invitation refers to, unofficially we learn that Zaev will be in Rome at the same time when the EU Council of Foreign Ministers of the member states will be held on November 19.
The elections will prolong the planned Population Census
“The April term is not suitable at all for conducting the census, having in consideration that the elections have already been scheduled, and therefore it will have to be prolonged”. The possibility of conducting a census before the elections is also technically impossible, because the census is an exceptionally large operation and the organization itself is impossible to be carried out before the month of April”, stated today the Director of the State Statistical Office, Apostol Simovski, at a press conference.
Simovski emphasized that the anticipated period for conducting the census from April 1 – 21, 2020, has still not been confirmed because the Law on Census has still not been adopted, as well as because it is not suitable to have such a complex statistical operation carried out at the same time with elections in the country.
The Center for Social Protection in Karpos is again functioning
After CIVIL Media last week wrote about the problem with the non-issuance of social numbers for assisted care, today the Center for Social Works – Karpos confirmed that the system has started working.
This inter-municipal center was not issuing certificates for a total of three weeks because they had no internet.
From the Center they pointed out that the problem is not with them, but with the operator that serves them. After three weeks, the citizens of the Municipality of Karpos can now receive social numbers and other types of services in the domain of social protection as of today.
Parliament adopts Law on Inspectorate for Use of Languages
The Parliament of the Republic of North Macedonia, within the framework of the afternoon part of today’s work according to the agenda for the 114th session, adopted the Law on Inspectorate for Use of Languages. For the ruling parties, the Law on Inspectorate for Use of Languages is being adopted with the aim supervision over the application of the Law on Inspectorate for Use of Languages, which guarantees equality and impartiality in the application of inspection supervision, as well as consistent application of the Law on Inspectorate for Use of Languages.
FLASH NEWS
At today’s 114th parliamentary session, the President of the Committee on election and appointment issues, MP Ilija Dimovski, announced that inter-party consultations are in progress and that if everything goes well, a chief state auditor will be proposed this working week.
Today’s court hearing on Shekerim Ahmeti, known as El Cheka, which is being led in the Court in Kicevo, has been postponed, as his defence has requested for judge Biljana Kizevska to be removed from the case due to non-transparency and partiality in the proceedings.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Radmila Sekerinska today in Kumanovo will participate in a panel discussion dedicated to political and security benefits and challenges from our country’s membership in NATO, organized by the Info-Center for Euro-Atlantic Integration.
The Economic Chamber of Macedonia demands for the Law on Trade on Green Markets to be fully terminated, or for interventions to be made with amendments to other laws regulating the activity.
CIVILIAN ACTIVITIES
CIVIL press conference on decision for early parliamentary elections
With the intention to answer the numerous questions and to inform the wider public on the views and analyses regarding the newly emerged situation following the decision on holding early parliamentary elections on April 12, CIVIL is organizing a press conference tomorrow, October 22, 2019, at Hotel City Park (near the Municipality of Center), starting at 12:30 pm. As always, the media are welcomed, but also interested citizens, representatives of institutions, civil society and political parties.
OPINION
Monday, in the sign of the decision for early parliamentary elections on April 12, the columnists of CIVIL Media deliberated thoroughly and analysed how necessary they are, what now and what European perspective awaits us now. Who made a mistake, and who is yet to play dirty? Is there hope, or should one be realistic.
From a corner, Zoran Ivanov concludes that VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski, will be remembered in the party as a clone who didn’t manage to get out of his mentor’s lap, someone who will lose at the elections, someone who missed the chance and didn’t draw a single necessary, useful, rational and bold move. Elections and that’s it for Mickoski, says Ivanov.
Mickoski was also mentioned by Arben Zekjiri, who for the “Patriot” in the embrace of the Albanians who has no response to the Prespa Agreement, says that he remembers him from the time when he fought “patriotically” against the “Tirana platform”, against the alleged “albanization of Macedonia”, against “federalization of Macedonia”, against the law on “bilingualism of Macedonia:, against the law that was allegedly going to make the Macedonians in Strumica speak in Albanian, against the Albanian Talat Xhaferi, president of parliament, and against maaaany “dangers” coming from the Albanians. Now he’s in their embrace and is begging them for votes…
Xhevdet Hajredini today makes a point: President Macron leaves even Ambassador Zbogar without work; extraordinary elections will be held for the fifth time in a row in Macedonia without a census, without a cleared Voters Register, without one constituency and open lists, without a single promised reform, with a thousand voters paid from the budget, with many corrupt, suspected and unpunished officials, prosecutors and judges. And then we blame Emmanuel Macron; With the number of “leaders” who were present at the meeting with the President, the Albanians reached the record of equitable representation…
Elections are not a child’s toy, to be playing Mickoski and Gruevski as they please. This is not the regime they used to carry out, for them to be raging as they wish! But they can, because someone here has decided to build a normal state, even with abnormal characters, writes Xhabir Deralla on snap, but delayed elections. But why is this so? As Deralla says: Just a day after the agreement for elections in April, vmro has shown irresponsibility and immaturity, pouring out at the same time piles of rudeness and hatred on the streets, the social networks and the media. Zaev should now call Pendarovski and ask, nevertheless, for elections on December 22. This will spare us from a lot of unnecessary waste of time, money and nerves.
Still, despite everything, Milan Banov referred to “Right to hope” that the state, which in its development did not manage to eliminate the burden of barely surviving, will add more pastel colors and tones to the current gray…
Biljana Jordanovska
In cooperation with: Angela Petrovska, Dehran Muratov, Маја Ivanovska, Xhabir Deralla
translation: N. Cvetkovska
