Filipçe calls for an immediate investigation into Mickoski’s role in Alta Bank’s entry into Macedonia

At a press conference held today in Parliament, SDSM leader Venko Filipçe called on the Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office to examine Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski’s involvement in Alta Bank’s arrival in Macedonia. According to Filipçe, the investigation should also clarify what lies behind Mickoski’s false statements.

Filipçe said that the inaccurate presentation of government documents during the parliamentary oversight hearing deepened suspicions that the prime minister was trying to evade responsibility and shift it to the previous government.

He said this way of communicating with the public was intended to deflect responsibility from the current leadership, but that it would not succeed. In his view, the case is another reason for the Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office to intervene and investigate why the prime minister is lying to and manipulating the public.

Filipçe claimed that Mickoski did not give a concrete answer before the parliamentary body, but falsely stated that in 2023 the government led by SDSM had decided to establish business relations with Alta Bank Serbia.

“This time he went too far, making a serious accusation and presenting a document he did not read, but only purportedly and falsely quoted. That is why this press conference was called. Today, during the oversight hearing, the prime minister told a brazen lie: he claimed that in 2023 the SDSM government had decided to enter into business relations, as he put it, with Alta Bank Serbia,” Filipçe said.

Showing the documents, he explained that the government at the time had not approved Davor Macura’s request to purchase the shares owned by North Macedonia’s Ministry of Finance.