The Left party has reacted harshly after the poisoning of citizens in Gostivar, emphasizing that this incident cannot be explained simply as a technical error or isolated carelessness.
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Initial investigations have shown that untreated water was introduced into the water supply network. The Institute of Public Health has identified coliform fecal bacteria, while laboratory tests have revealed high levels of residual chlorine, which signals an attempt to correct the contamination after it had occurred. This situation, according to them, shows that a vital public service was managed in a way that directly endangered the health of thousands of people, and for this reason there must be full legal accountability for all those involved.
However, they warn that if the incident is closed only with the finding of individual guilt, the fundamental question remains unresolved: why is the state repeatedly experiencing disasters that were avoidable. They recalled the case of the bus accident of the company “Durmo Turs”, which highlighted the failure of the inspection system, as well as the scandal at the Oncology Clinic that exposed a total lack of control and accountability in the healthcare sector for years. The events in Kërçovë once again brought to attention the consequences of a deeply politicized inspection system, local government, and central institutions. Even in cases of femicides, almost without exception the question arises as to why the authorities did not intervene in time despite numerous warning signs.
According to The Left, although the immediate causes differ from case to case, their common feature is institutional destruction nurtured for decades by politicization. They directly accuse SDSM, VMRO-DPMNE, DUI, and the VLEN coalition of treating the state as party property.
In this reality, leadership positions are not earned based on professional skills and integrity, but as a reward for political loyalty. This causes state enterprises, inspectorates, and other bodies to gradually lose the capacity to act in the citizens’ interest. Politicization, they emphasize, is not simply an unfair employment practice, but a mechanism that erodes the state from within, turning oversight into an empty formality and replacing responsibility with mutual cover-up among parties. Honest professionals in this environment are either excluded or forced to leave the public administration. In such a context, mistakes do not remain mere administrative violations but inevitably turn into scandals, tragedies, and loss of life.
For this reason, every new executive promises reforms, but citizens continue to pay the price with their health, safety, and sometimes even their lives. The Left stresses that it has long warned that politicization is not merely an administrative issue, but a deeply social and security problem. A state where professionalism is methodically replaced by party obedience inevitably generates institutions destined to fail. Therefore, the real challenge lies not only in punishing those responsible but in dismantling the system that continually manufactures new culprits. The Gostivar case is not an anomaly, just as dozens of other cases that have shaken public opinion in recent years were not. All of these are symptoms of a political model that for decades has undermined institutions in favor of party interests. As long as institutions are built on party logic rather than professional logic, Macedonia will not cease producing new tragedies, concludes The Left’s reaction.
