{"id":37858,"date":"2022-06-08T18:27:39","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T16:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=37858"},"modified":"2022-06-08T18:27:39","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T16:27:39","slug":"vmro-dpmne-court-seizes-opposition-partys-headquarters-in-n-macedonia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/vmro-dpmne-court-seizes-opposition-partys-headquarters-in-n-macedonia\/","title":{"rendered":"VMRO-DPMNE, court seizes opposition party\u2019s headquarters in N.Macedonia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Skopje\u2019s Criminal Court decided to confiscate the headquarters of the Macedonian opposition party VMRO-DPMNE and 30 other district branches across North Macedonia due to allegations of illegal construction.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, its former leader Nikola Gruevksi has been sentenced to another 6 years in prison for abuse of power to build the party\u2019s headquarters in Skopje and its other branches illegally.<\/p>\n<p>Together with this sentence, Gruevski has now been sentenced to a total of 25 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>The violation is said to have been conducted by contracting a construction firm which at the time had made 70% of its revenue through public tenders which goes against the law on political party\u2019s financing.<\/p>\n<p>The current leader of VMRO DPMNE Hristijan Mickoski has called this decision political and accused the judiciary of being completely influenced by the current administration.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, he maintained his party\u2019s ideas and power cannot be undone by taking away its headquarters.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/programs\/balkan-talks\/2021\/11\/30\/zaev-was-pushed-away-by-internationals-and-fear-of-vmro-dpmnes-landslide-win-says-analyst\/\">Zaev was pushed away by internationals and fear of VMRO-DPMNE\u2019s landslide win, says analyst<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/north-macedonia\/2021\/11\/05\/vmro-dpmne-forms-new-parliamentary-majority\/\">VMRO-DPMNE \u201cforms new parliamentary majority\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/north-macedonia\/2021\/11\/02\/macedonian-opposition-has-upheld-its-anti-albanian-stance-says-analyst\/\">Macedonian opposition has upheld its anti-Albanian stance, says analyst<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div class=\"spot-im-replies-count\" data-post-id=\"eneu26330\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"spot-im-replies-count\" data-post-id=\"eneu24481\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skopje\u2019s Criminal Court decided to confiscate the headquarters of the Macedonian opposition party VMRO-DPMNE and 30 other district branches across North Macedonia due to allegations of illegal construction. 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