EU Delegation: Continuous implementation of the Ohrid Agreement is important

Skopje – We emphasize the importance of the continuous implementation of the Ohrid Framework Agreement, which calls for full compliance with the principle of non-discrimination and equal treatment, especially in the public administration, said the EU Delegation in North Macedonia, when asked for a position on the Constitutional Court’s decision to abolish the “balancer.”

– The EU Delegation notes the decision of the Constitutional Court. The Court’s decision comes after the Government announced its intentions to reform the system and replace the Balancer. We expect to see the proposals, stated the EU Delegation.

The Constitutional Court of North Macedonia on Wednesday made a decision to abolish the employment tool in state institutions according to national belonging called the “balancer.”

The “balancer” was a web tool by the Ministry of Information Society and Administration through which the planned new employments were electronically allocated, according to the principle of equitable and proper representation. The tool was developed in accordance with the Law on Public Sector Employees, which began to be applied in 2015 and which provides for the establishment of a mechanism to “achieve the constitutional principle of equitable and proper representation of community members, at the level of each of the public sector institutions, based on the needs of the institutions themselves expressed through annual employment plans.” (October 10)