According to the Parliament’s Rules of Procedure, an interpellation is considered under a clearly defined procedure for submission and voting. The discussion takes place in a plenary session, lasts one working day, and must be concluded no later than 24:00 on the same day, when the vote is also held.

In the summary of the interpellation, The Left lawmaker Amar Mecinović assessed that “the Republic of North Macedonia is an unsafe country because of its Ministry of the Interior” and that “the apparatus for ensuring citizens’ safety is not functioning properly.”

“The truth is that the overall situation in Macedonia is not where it should be. Macedonia is an unsafe country because of its Ministry of the Interior, which is not making structural changes to ensure that security. Macedonia is a country in which normal activities can have greater consequences because the apparatus for ensuring citizens’ safety is not functioning properly, because it is seen as an apparatus for filling political posts,” he said.

For his part, Interior Minister Panče Toshkovski said in his response that he would be maximally committed to improving the situation.

“I will do everything I can to improve at least one thing in every segment; the citizens see this and know it. I will never lie and I will try to give my all. Time will tell whether this will be enough,” the minister said.

During the debate, the opposition claimed there had been “scandals, failures and zero accountability” and called for his resignation. On the other hand, Toshkovski and VMRO-DPMNE lawmakers responded by citing “concrete results, increased efficiency and dismantled criminal groups,” assessing that there is no basis for a demand against a minister who “is making efforts and has results.”

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“I am honestly amazed at how easily the Deputy Prime Minister says that the amendment is not accepted, without giving any explanation why. We have become used to you pushing things through in this way. The problem today is not only this law, but all the actions you have taken over these two years. You have no clear arguments to defend Karakamisheva’s law,” said Diana Toska of the European Front.

VLEN said the submitted amendments do not affect the essence of the issue, but are intended to obstruct the adoption of the law.

“All the amendments that have been proposed were not submitted to find solutions and offer something better, but were drafted in such a way that this law could later be blocked, because that is your goal. You have amendments that are completely harmful to the citizens of this country, especially to Albanians,” said Imrlije Saliu Fetai of VLEN.

MP Ziadin Sela also intervened in the debate.

“If you take something that was not ideal and make it even worse, and then say that you did it, that makes no sense to me. Make it better, yes, you have my support and God’s. They are drafting a law that will make it impossible for someone who has celebrated together with others to be discriminated against, while someone else is privileged. That is why you should keep quiet and not speak at all about this law,” declared Ziadin Sela of the Albanian Alliance.

Amendments to this law were also submitted by Fatmir Bytyqi of SDSM, Monika Zajkova and Slavjanka Petrovska. Bytyqi said the concept of fair representation cannot be limited to numbers alone.

“This law speaks of fair and adequate representation, but if we read it carefully, we will see that the proposer has been far too satisfied with the form and has dealt very little with the substance. As if it were enough for an institution to have a certain percentage or an annual report, and we could conclude that we have built a fair state,” stressed Fatmir Bytyqi of SDSM.

The law on fair and adequate representation is expected to replace the Balancer, which was repealed by the Constitutional Court two years ago.

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