Skopje, 29 October 2024 (MIA) – Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski said Tuesday he has read DUI leader Ali Ahmeti’s letter in which he refers to “the latest Constitutional Court decisions and their impact on the country’s multi-ethnic cohesion and sustainability.”

According to Mickoski, the letter can be divided in two parts – the first part a geostrategic analysis of developments in the region and Ukraine and the Middle East, and the second consisted of “accusations against the constitutional justices elected by the SDSM-DUI majority that they are allegedly enforcing VMRO-DPMNE program.”

In the letter, Mickoski said, Ahmeti also voices concern over the Constitutional Court case in relation to the languages law, saying I should be careful what the constitutional justices, elected by SDSM and DUI, are doing because they could destabilize the country.

“The time when politicians could have influenced decisions of judges and prosecutors has passed,” Mickoski stated speaking to members of the media before the opening of the Bloomberg Adria conference in Skopje. 

“It doesn’t even cross my mind to have any kind of communication with constitutional justices or judges and prosecutors elected by the SDSM-DUI majority. They are the ones that lowered the rating of the judiciary to a single-digit number,” stated Mickoski. 

He revealed he had meet with Branko Horvatin, European judiciary expert, over the weekend.

“I got some quality ideas on how to reform the judiciary. Next week, I expect to meet with the minister and the experts and to start working already, firstly, with the Judicial Council, followed by the Council of Public Prosecutors, until we have liberated the judiciary and the prosecution from the partisan chains of SDSM and DUI,” stressed Mickoski. 

Ahmeti’s letter, DUI has said, is “a response to the serious challenges facing North Macedonia in an extremely sensitive geopolitical moment, at a time when any fresh tension could have negative consequences on the inter-ethnic relations and internal development.” In the letter, Ahmeti says the decisions to revoke the protective mechanisms for the communities and the amendments to the languages law are not only politically controversial, but are also “dangerous and damaging to the progress and sustainability of the society.” 

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