Skopje, 9 January 2024 (MIA) - The government at its Tuesday’s session has instructed the management board of the state-owned joint stock company national air navigation service provider M-NAV to dismiss Fahrudin Hamidi from the position of M-NAV management board and executive director and Ljube Stamenkovski from the position of management board member and executive director.

The government also recommended to the management board of the state-owned joint stock company national air navigation service provider M-NAV to appoint Ilir Mehmedi as the executive director in air navigation sector and Milan Korakj as the executive director in aviation engineering sector, reads the government's press release.

The government said it would discuss ways to resolve the situation in the national air navigation service provider M-NAV at its session scheduled for Jan. 9, including the dismissal of all managers and management board members, following the incident in which eight people, including Bekim Neziri, a former government minister, M-NAV executive advisor, and DUI branch president, broke into the air traffic control facility and attacked staff on Jan. 4.

Following the incident, the Trade Union of Air Traffic Controllers leader Aleksandar Tasevski said air traffic controllers would go on a general strike on Jan. 10 if M-NAV directors did not resign or if the government did not dismiss them as announced.

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