Special Prosecution After Miscted Officials

Macedonia's Special Prosecutor has also launched a new investigation into abuse of official office by former officials. For money laundering and damage to the 5m-euro state budget, former Prime Minister Lubco Georgievski, along with 9 other former officials attended by other former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, who was then finance minister. It is 2001 when suspects are involved in the privatisation of the Post Bank.

Former Prime Minister Georgievski has dismissed special claims, stressing that he does not recognise any of the other suspects and that claims are based on a telephone conversation, but that one of the participants in the conversation has changed the statement to the prosecutor at least three times. Georgievski may not be indicted because the work is considered outdated.

Meanwhile, the other former prime minister, Nikola Gruevski, has ironised the new investigation, saying that “if he does not mention my name, the Special Prosecutor does not view the subject that works” as attractive enough.

VMRO-party The DPMNE, whose leader in 2001 was Ljubco Georgievski and Finance Minister Nikola Gruevski, the prosecution's investigation called “political persecution”. According to the opposition, the government through special prosecution handles cases 15 years ago, while silences allegations of current government crimes.

On the other hand, Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs Bujar Osmani, who has also launched investigations into abuse of office who was the health minister in DUI's rule with VMRO, has handed over to the prosecutor facts, which he said “has testified to his innocence”.

After me, this case has been clarified and I expect to close. On the part of the Special Prosecutor's representatives, I took the positive security and approach that the materials received represent significant contributions to the investigation, and I gained conviction that, in an appropriate timeline, the investigation will be rounded up, with what, I am convinced that it will be confirmed, that there is no illegal work, and that this will help eventually disrupt all speculations that appeared in public, that before the investigation starts, he declared.

Osman is being investigated for misusing in the case of a tender for investments in local hospitals. According to the Special Public Prosecutor, in this case, but in five others accused allegedly damaged the state budget by about 80m euros.