This obsession of yours with former officials who you pay to be photographed naked on the beach, I can no longer understand. Obviously, it is in the sphere of some neuropsychology, answered Filipce to Mickoski
Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski threatened the leader of SDSM, Venko Filipce, that he will end up behind bars after the opposition leader asked him who was to blame because in two years of rule, not a single promise has been fulfilled.
Filipce criticized that Mickoski lied to the citizens, because when they asked for power, they promised anything and everything, and the citizens got nothing after two years.
The prime minister admitted guilt only that Filipce and previous SDSM officials are not in prison and are still sunbathing on the beaches in Paljuri.
– In your program 1,198 and in your exposition you simply promised honey and milk. Half of the term has passed. Two years. And today the truth is harsh. You delivered none of these promises. The citizens didn’t get a better life, they didn’t get a higher standard, they didn’t get functional institutions, they didn’t get justice and they didn’t get a European future – Filipce said and added that instead of fulfilled promises, the citizens got a more expensive life and economic insecurity.
A complete failure
He also pointed out that there is no progress or reforms in the area of justice and European integration, that the European path is blocked and that the country is being pushed into isolation, and young people are leaving their homeland. According to Filipce, the result of the two-year rule is a complete failure.
– One big zero. Zero for reforms, for raising wages, for measures for young people, for supporting farmers, zero for the European path. And now my question is simple, simple: Who is to blame for these broken promises? Who is to blame, prime minister, for these two lost years? Will you come out and tell the citizens, openly and honestly, that you have failed and that you have not fulfilled any of these promises? And don’t look for the culprit again. Do not blame me or SDSM – said the leader of SDSM.
The Prime Minister told Filipce that the reason why the citizens plan to leave Macedonia is not a lack of perspective, but a lack of trust in justice and institutions, because, as he said, it is Filipce and former SDSM officials who they see “enjoying Haris Djinovic in Dubai and on yachts instead of being behind bars and answerable”.
– You say that every third person plans to leave Macedonia, but do you know why? Because they see you in Dubai enjoying Harris Djinovic, and you’re not in jail. Because they see ex-officials enjoying themselves on yachts, and not in prison. Well, that’s why people are disappointed. When they see you laughing from behind bars, then they will be happy and satisfied because justice has come – Mickoski said.
The prime minister added that he accepts the blame that former officials have not yet faced justice.
– And I will finish here. I admit that I am guilty, that two years have passed and you are still enjoying the yachts in Paljuri instead of somewhere else. I admit that I am guilty. But I also look you in the eye and promise you that we will no longer disappoint the Macedonian citizens as former officials enjoy on yachts and in the melos of Haris Djinovic. Well, that is the desire of the people – said Mickoski.
Filipce said that he expected such an answer from the prime minister.
– You manipulate. If the numbers are good and you took household debt, why aren’t people satisfied, why aren’t wages rising? What you are saying is not true. We are over-indebted, and the money goes to tenders. With you, Mickoski, we are on the losing side, exposed to foreign influences. And this obsession of yours with former officials who you pay to have their pictures taken naked on the beach, I can no longer understand. Obviously, it is in the sphere of some neuropsychology – Filipche said.
Pasholi from DUI demands responsibility from Ljutkov
Arbana Pasholi from DUI asked the Minister of Culture Zoran Ljutkov why the promotional materials for the Struga poetry evenings are not in Albanian and whether the director of the festival will take responsibility for that, because he answered that there was no time.
Arbana Pasholi Photo: Free Press/Metodi Zdravev
The minister said that when the MP talks about one of the world’s biggest poetry events, it is appropriate to ask if she was at the opening of the event.
– But your essence is that you see everything that is good on an ethnic basis, that you see yourself as a percentage. You know what the essence of the event is – to protect the Macedonian language and promote it throughout the world. It is a worldwide manifestation in support of the Macedonian language and there should be a translation in English so that the whole world can understand us. And whether there will be a translation in Albanian is less important. It is a practice to translate it into world languages. Yesterday, a poet from Macedonia said his poetry in Albanian language. What do you think about that? I know that you are not interested and you do not listen to me, stop seeing yourself as a percentage, that is why you lost the elections – said Lyutkov.
Zoran Ljutkov Photo: Free Press/Metodi Zdravev
Pasholi replied that the question was not biased.
– You forget that we live in a multi-ethnic country with different languages and in a time of great politicization, culture is the only opportunity to prove that there is hope for Macedonia. I was not at the opening, because I was at the amendment hearing on the law on fair representation in the Political System Commission. This harassment is for the citizens of Struga – Pasholi said.
