Police in Macedonia are protecting Gruevski party deputies who voted in favour of constitutional changes

Macedonia's Ministry of Internal Affairs has taken to defence VMRO- The DPMNE, which voted for constitutional changes. Since the October 19th vote, police patrols have been standing near the homes of seven MPs, while they are also being secured during movements outside their homes.

Such a decision has been made following threats on social networks that “deputs who would vote for changing the name of the state would betray the country's ideal and party principles V MRO- DPMNE, that at no price will support the capalisation agreement with Greece”.

But some of the MPs who voted on the amendments have said they feel safe, such as former Culture Minister Elizabeta Kancevska and Lube Arnaudov, said they have never received life threats while defending the position for voting constitutional changes, such as “the opportunity to intervene in improving the Name Agreement during the presentation phase of amendments to strengthen identity macedon<1>.

MPs who voted the amendments are charged with the violent event in the Assembly on April 27th a year ago, and their support for the amendments is said to have been made for the removal of the indictment for “tinated murder and terrorist threat to constitutional order”.

VMRO's deputies' votes were necessary to secure two-thirds needed for passing the Government's proposal for access to constitutional changes.