18 minutes agoCourt ordered seizure of former Prime Minister Gruevski's passport
Periskopi(9 years ago)
(9 years ago)A court in Macedonia has ordered the seizure of former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski's passport and four other officials of his conservative party, W MRO- The DPMNE, including two former ministers of his government, over the major wiretapping scandal. That order was announced yesterday, after Gruevski and former Interior and Transport Minister Gordana Jankulovska [...], respectively.
That order was announced yesterday, after Gruevski and the former interior and transport minister, Gordana Jankulovska and Mile Janakieski respectively, were accused of violating election campaign financial rules and other wrongdoing during the special prosecution's investigation into illegal wiretapping.
In this scandal, nearly 20,000 people have illegally been bugged by telephone conversations.
Gruevski has dropped the charges and blamed the foreign spies.
Scandal has caused political crisis and elections in December of last year, with which the 10-year rule of party W concluded MRO- Gruevski DPMNE.
More than 100 people have been charged so far under surveillance investigations.
