Skopje, 12 December 2024 (MIA) - Police officers are conducting searches at the premises of the Judicial Council upon an order by a public prosecutor, the Interior Ministry told MIA on Thursday.

The Interior Ministry said the searches aim to secure two minutes of proceedings to investigate “potential elements of a crime”.

“By order from the Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office in Skopje police officers are conducting searches at the Judicial Council, securing two minutes of proceedings to investigate potential elements of a crime,” the Interior Ministry said.

On November 28, during a Q&A session of Parliament, Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski said he was constantly getting reports of alleged wrongdoings at the Judicial Council.

“There is a clan of two people, one of three people, and one is alone. I am receiving documents from whistleblowers over falsified minutes with different dates, different seals, without signatures,” Mickoski said.

On December 2 the President of the Judicial Council, Vesna Dameva, stepped down from her post as President, citing the Government’s lack of interest in ensuring swift and efficient justice, as well as efforts by top government officials to ruin her integrity as the reasons for her resignation.

Following Dameva’s resignation, the Council has been functioning without a President after it chose to delay the procedure for the election of a replacement. 

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