6 minutes agoGruevski resigns from MP's mandate
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)Former Northern Macedonia Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski has resigned from the MP's mandate through a status on his Facebook profile, stressing that he will officially announce it to the legislature. “decided to withdraw from parliamentary office and formally inform Parliament in the days [...]
“I decided to withdraw from the parliamentary post and for the same decision will formally inform Parliament in the coming days”, wrote in his account Gruevski, thanking the “deputs of VMRO-DPMNE, who remained loyal to the principled positions that are in accordance with the Constitution and international law and failed to submit to the pressures of”.
I have a special gratitude for thousands of citizens who, in various ways, through personal contacts or through social networks in the past days, gave me great support, which despite pressures and injustices, in addition to all false propaganda and personal dangers, have shown that the sense of justice, and rebellion against injustice, remains the leading force for the Macedonian people and citizens, Gruevski has written.
Political affairs recognisers say Nikola Gruevski's resignation frees the party and opens up opportunities for all political potential to be led by its opponents.
The deputy's own mandate withdraw from Nikola Gruevski's “presents at least one ethical particle that he may have. This resignation will relieve him of the party's leadership burden, remove the dark spot the party carries, and create room for the former party leading the most to deal with the ruling political opponent -- the Social Democratic League -- and not spend energy, respectively, protecting him for crimes made“ -- says Radio Free Europe, Jelal Neziri, a political expert.
Nikola Gruevski's resignation comes after rumours that at the party, among the MPs respectively, there are rifts over whether or not to vote for taking the mandate.
In an interview for Radio Free Europe, the party's deputy chairman, Aleksandar Nikolovski, unwilling to enter into detail, February has said the committee's decision as the party's highest body should be respected.
Otherwise, the legislature institution has scheduled on June 7th the parliamentary session for receiving MP Nikola Gruevski's mandate.
The former prime minister of Northern Macedonia, for more than six months now, is in Hungary, where he has secured political asylum.
He left the country at the time he was to appear in prison to serve the sentence of two years, while in court there are many subjects in which he is accused of criminal acts.
