Skopje, 29 April 2025 (MIA) – Parliament will hold Tuesday a plenary session starting at 11 am to debate the no confidence motion filed against Interior Minister Panche Toshkovski by Levica’s parliamentary group.

After filing the no confidence motion earlier this month, Levica claimed the interior minister had blatantly neglected his duties acting unprofessionally and irresponsibly, which has resulted in a series of illegal actions, scandals and rampant nepotism and cronyism at the Interior Ministry.

The no confidence motion is founded on ten bases, including five that are directly related to the tragic incident in Kochani. The first basis is having no control over the club Pulse, which falls into the Interior Ministry’s duties,” said Levica MP Sashko Janchev in a news conference after filing the motion.

According to the law on hospitality, he added, it is the Interior Ministry that has the authorization to issue approvals that venues meet the conditions for protection of public order and peace.

The Levica MP accused the Interior Ministry of shying away from including VMRO-DPMNE members and officials into the Kochani fire investigation

Minister Toshkovski has direct command responsibility, Janchev stated.

The second basis is illegal use of pyrotechnics. “According to the law on protection from explosive devices, the MoI has a registry for permits issued for procurement of pyrotechnics. According to the law on trade in explosive substances, the MoI is authorized to ban persons from using pyrotechnics if they are not licensed,” said Janchev.

The third basis, he added, involves police officers who didn’t offer any assistance; the fourth basis is not acting on Facebook threats aimed at government critics, the fifth involves bans for drones in order to quell protests; sixth is the arrest of people in the Gostivar region trying to clean an ancient church, then no actions taken after the Macedonian flag was set on fire; the stealing of marijuana guarded by the police; the prime minister’s security detail member disclosing a top secret, and the tenth basis is nepotism and cronyism at the Interior Ministry.

No confidence motions against four government ministers, including Minister Toshkovski, were also filed in January by the DUI-led European Front coalition. They all survived the no confidence vote in Parliament.

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