draft amendment approved for North Macedonia name

With 67 votes for, 23 against and 4 contained the Macedonian Parliament adopted the text of the draft-amandation, which envisions changing the country's constitutional name from the “Republic of Macedonia” to “Republic of Northern Macedonia”.

As the deputies expelled from the VMRO had warned, these voted “contained”. VMRO-DPMNE MP Dafina Stojanovska addressed grave accusations against the Government on constitutional changes regarding the official name of the state following the historic agreement reached with Greece.

This government signed and agreed that we have new formulas, new appointments and new formations as people. People without history. Here's what's behind the constitutional changes, and after that shameful agreement. Amandament 33 will wipe out the Macedonian war for their country because you're writing new stories. There's no new story, history is continuing it's written and written. While you in it will be Macedonia's greatest shame”, Stojanovska said.

Otherwise, Macedonia and Greece reached name agreement on June 15th of this year, thus flooding a decade-long conflict.