North Macedonia’s Parliament dismisses eight members of Mickoski’s cabinet, three votes against Health Minister

In a single voting process, the Parliament of North Macedonia approved the dismissal of eight members of the government led by Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski. The decisions were taken by majority vote, although the margins differed significantly from one case to another.

The first to lose his post was the Minister of Inter-Community Relations, Ivan Stoilkoviq, for whom 95 MPs voted in favour of dismissal. Lower support was recorded for Justice Minister Igor Filkov, who was removed with 83 votes.

In the agricultural sector, Cvetan Tripunovski garnered 92 votes for his dismissal, while for Fatmir Limani, 85 votes in favour and a single vote against were counted. Likewise, the Minister of Local Self-Government, Zlatko Perinski, was dismissed with 87 votes, and the Minister of Culture, Zoran Ljutkov, with 91.

Another change in the executive affected the minister without portfolio, Shaban Salie, who also received 85 votes in favour of removal. The most peculiar case turned out to be that of Health Minister Azir Aliu, for whose dismissal 80 MPs voted, but three others voted against and three others abstained, making this the decision with the narrowest margin of the session./Telegrafi/