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The Ministry of Justice in Macedonia is in contact with the government of Peter Magyar regarding the extradition of Gruevski from Hungary...
The period of peace for former Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski appears to be coming to an end.
After winning the Hungarian elections, Peter Magyar announced the end of the practice of granting asylum to accused or convicted politicians, directly criticizing the decisions of the previous government of Viktor Orban. He warned of their return to their country of origin, including Nikola Gruevski.
But after warnings from Magyar, the Macedonian government has moved to extradite him, even though VMRO, Gruevski's former party, is in power.
According to Macedonian media, the Ministry of Justice has requested from the judiciary all documents for the extradition of the former prime minister, starting the procedures from the beginning.
For his part, Justice Minister Igor Filkov confirmed that the formation of the new government in Hungary is being awaited, so that institutions there can be notified that Macedonia is interested in Gruevski's return to the country. The government in Hungary should be formed on May 9, Europe Day.
But this government move has angered Gruevski, who feels "betrayed" by his own party. He has reacted with a public letter attacking Minister Filkov.
" Today I heard the statement of the Minister of Justice of Macedonia, who explained to the media and public opinion how diligently he had collected information from the courts and how he had waited for political changes in Hungary to be informed about my status and to initiate extradition proceedings. Listening to him, the question arises: who is really in power in Macedonia? From the outside, it seems as if Zoran Zaev's SDSM, with its contested methods, has never left power. I suggest to the minister that with the same dedication he investigate the abuses and legal violations during the period of political persecution during Zaev's time, the staged judicial processes and the injustices that were committed to facilitate his rule ," Gruevski said.
Former Prime Minister of North Macedonia, Nikola Gruevski, was found guilty in 2020 in the "Violence in the Center" case, during which he was sentenced to one year and six months in prison. Also, in May 2018, he was sentenced to two years in prison in the "Tanku" case, related to the luxury Mercedes car. In 2022, he was sentenced to 7 years in prison by the Skopje Criminal Court in the "Plots in Vodno" case. He was convicted of money laundering after using money donated to his party to buy real estate for himself, but registering it in the names of other people.
He arrived in Hungary in 2018 under suspicious circumstances, passing through Albania, Montenegro and Serbia in cars with Hungarian license plates, before flying to Budapest from Belgrade airport on a government plane. In 2019, a court in Hungary formally rejected the extradition request from Macedonian authorities. / Pamphlet
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