a few seconds agoTwo former ministers in Macedonia arrested, former head of Parliament
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)Northern Macedonia police detained late in the afternoon hours Wednesday former Macedonian Parliament Speaker Trajko Veljanovski and two former members of Nikola Gruevski's government, under suspicion of their involvement in organising violent events in parliament in April 2017. They have been sent to the Constitutional Court [...]
Northern Macedonia police detained late in the afternoon hours Wednesday former Macedonian Parliament Speaker Trajko Veljanovski and two former members of Nikola Gruevski's government, under suspicion of their involvement in organising violent events in parliament in April 2017.
They have been sent to the Constitutional Court in Skopje, at the order of the Prosecutor for Organised Crime. Meanwhile, part of the media, citing sources within the prosecution, says even for former Prime Minister Gruevski's arrest warrant has been issued, but on the issue. The latter is in Hungary, where he has taken refuge, thus avoiding justice. He has been given two years in prison for corruption causes in a tender for the purchase of a Mercedes car worth about 600 thousand euros.
One of the witnesses in the trial process of subject “27 April 2017” Aleksandar Vasilevski, known as “Ninja”, had confirmed that Mr. Gruevski was the organizer of these violent events. According to him, plans and orders were taken from party headquarters V MRO-DPMNE.
A telephone message sent by Nikola Gruevski to the former director of the Bureau for Public Security, Mitko Chevkov, has been read during the trial, writing: “Good morning director. Let me inform you that at this moment I received information from a leading Albanian colleague that something on the other side, an incident or a strong vote is planned today at about 13 o'clock. Right now, I don't have any more information. Gruevski on April 27th 2017. Gruevski was in Vienna that day.
Meanwhile, at a SMS of former Parliament Speaker Trajko Veljanovski sent several people -- demonstrators in front of the parliament headquarters -- it said: “if needed by living shield we would prevent the election of parliament speaker”. Mr. Vlejanovski, however, has MP immunity. He left the court after 19am on Wednesday. Meanwhile, former ministers Mile Janakievski and Spiro Ristovski remained in court. It is not yet known whether the detention measure will be established for them.
The trial process is toward the end. There are four people who are accused of making final decisions. The lowest sentences in this case are projected to be at least 10 years in prison.
