Filipçe: Pensioners should explain why they are allowed to withdraw only 10,000 denars from their savings

“What will you say to the pensioners waiting in line outside Alta Bank in Bitola? How will you explain that they can withdraw only ten thousand denars of their own money, and that Hristijan Mickoski brought this bank here?”, said SDSM leader Venko Filipçe on Sitel.

Filipçe said the restrictions on withdrawing funds from Alta Bank are directly burdening citizens and companies, which are facing the consequences of the situation.

“Those suffering are our citizens and companies. Hristijan Mickoski allowed all of this,” he said.

According to Filipçe, SDSM had raised the alarm back in December last year about Alta Bank and questions surrounding the source of its capital.

“This is a bank that was initially a currency exchange office and was later turned into a bank. It is suspected that its large capital was built up through criminal and corrupt deals in Serbia, and that it is being used to launder money obtained from drug trafficking. Despite these suspicions, it was allowed to enter our country,” Filipçe said.