Skopje, 16 January 2025 (MIA) – Parliament verified Thursday Ilire Dauti’s resignation as chairwoman of the Parliamentary Commission on Social Policy, Demography and Youth after asking to explain why she is stepping down during today’s Parliament session. 

Last week, she lost a no-confidence vote. 

Before elaborating on her resignation, VMRO-DPMNE and ZNAM MPs left the Parliament’s Hall where the session is being held. 

According to her, today’s act is shameful.

“If we’d lived in a normal country, this session wouldn’t have been held and there wouldn’t be a need for me to take the podium. This is shameful what is happening in Parliament and a direct threat toward a lawmaker elected by the people. My actions regarding the defenders’ law are based on Article 3. I won’t accept conditions that are against the rules of procedures. I choose to act freely, without conditions and to protect the values of democracy and freedom,” said Dauti. 

Referring to the defenders’ law, she said she’d used all opportunities in line with the rules of procedures in order to improve debates involving equal treatment of the sides in the 2001 war.

Ilire Dauti, lost a no-confidence vote in Parliament last Friday after 61 MPs voted for her ouster. 

Twenty-two MPs were against her leaving her post as chairwoman of the Parliamentary Commission on Social Policy, Demography and Youth, and SDSM MPs were absent from the session, after they said her ouster would not be a solution to the problem. 

The motion of no confidence against Dauti was moved by Levica in November because of, as they said, her blocking the adoption of the defenders’ law through her "unconscionable, irresponsible, unconstitutional and illegal actions."

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