18 minutes agoHungary Makes Final Decision for Gruevski
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)Hungary will not hand over to northern Macedonia authorities Nikola Gruevski, who has been in Budapest since November last year and enjoys political asylum status. “We have been informed that the Hungarian Regional Supreme Court has made the final decision that the legal preconditions for Gruevski's surrender have not been met because [...]
“We have been informed that the Hungarian Regional Supreme Court has made the final decision that the legal preconditions for Gruevski's surrender have not been met because he was granted asylum in Hungary at his request. In accordance with the number 38 act of international legal assistance to legal subjects, the person who is allowed to receive asylum will not be handed over to the state he left “, the Northern Macedonia Justice Ministry for A1on portal has announced.
Hungary has refused Gruevski's extradition at the request of northern Macedonia for serving a two-year prison sentence in the case of Macedonia's Special Prosecutor “Tank” purchase of an official Mercedes.
Gruevski has been in Budapest for nearly a year, while Macedonia's Prosecutor's Office is still investigating how he managed to leave the country and who helped him.
