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Mickoski: Such a Bulgarian diktat under such circumstances while I am prime minister will not pass and there will be no constitutional changes

by AI | 24.Jun 2024 | Europe in brief AI

Let me clarify once again that such a Bulgarian dictate under these circumstances while I am prime minister will not pass and there will be no constitutional amendments, you should understand that, you made a mistake, that mistake will cost every citizen a lot, but most of all it will cost Macedonia because before entering into such adventures you should have sat down as I extend my hand to you, you should have extended your hand to us and we should have sat down to talk, said Mickoski.

The newly elected North Macedonian Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski has angered his countries neighbours Greece and Bulgaria. Photo: MIA

Skopje – Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski, in his address before the vote for the new government, said that in the first hundred days the government will have hard work, that it will work on reducing taxes, increasing pensions, that the government will start a project with over 200 million euros for municipal projects, one billion euros for the Macedonian economy, new foreign investments for new jobs, free textbooks for all, a front against corruption, a fight for growth of up to 5 percent of the Macedonian economy, and the beginning of capital infrastructure projects and other projects. Mickoski emphasized that this will be a government for the people.

Regarding the attacks from the opposition in the past two days, Mickoski said that he considers them displaced and outside what is in the interest of the citizens and that they were a defocus from their real problems.

– The attacks I’ve been hearing these past two days generally boil down to two theses – the first is the Prespa Agreement and return the name, and the second is the French proposal and the negotiating framework, said Mickoski, addressing the MPs from SDSM.

Regarding the second thesis on the Prespa Agreement, that they said one thing but did another, the prime minister said that not only is it false but it is also shameful and that as long as he is prime minister, such a Bulgarian dictate under such circumstances will not pass and there will be no constitutional changes. 

– Let me once again clarify that such a Bulgarian dictate under such circumstances while I am prime minister will not pass and there will be no constitutional changes, you need to understand that, you made a mistake, that mistake will cost every citizen a lot, but most of all Macedonia because, because before you enter such adventures you should have sat down as I offer you a hand, you should have offered us a hand and we should sit down to talk. Then it would have been clear that such a thing simply does not go as you or someone else imagined. People who know me, know that my word weighs mountains and these things that I’m telling you, I’m telling you because I believe in them and yes, I will say the shameful adjective before the oath because it personally reminds me of the shame that you inflicted on my homeland, my family, and my unborn grandchildren and those after them. And yes, as long as I live, politically and as a man, I will do everything in my power to right this wrong. Unfortunately, at this moment I am powerless and at this moment I, as a man, will have to capitulate to you and say that shameful adjective because it is unfortunately part of the law and the Constitution that I must respect as president of the government, said Mickoski.

The new prime minister took the ceremonial oath in the Parliament with the constitutional name Republic of North Macedonia. 

The new government of Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski was elected with 77 votes “for” and 22 “against”. Before the vote, the MPs from the European Front left the hall. (June 23)