Skopje, 16 February 2023 (MIA) - How long the debate in the Parliament on the Government reshuffle proposal will last depends on the number of MPs who sign in for discussion, which is a democratic right of every MP. The ruling majority is increasing, Prime Minister Dimitar Kovachevski said Thursday. 

"There is a greater majority in Parliament than it was until now. The discussion is not stretched out, on my part. I submitted the proposal last Friday. How long the debate will last depends on the number of MPs who sign in for discussion. From what I saw there is a lot of interest from the opposition MPs. It is a democratic right, everyone has the right to exercise their democratic right," Kovachevski told reporters after Thursday's opening of a kindergarten in Volkovo, Skopje.  

Today is day four of the debate in Parliament on the dismissal of the three ministers from the ranks of Alternativa. With the Government reshuffle, the Alliance for Albanians joins the ruling coalition. 

The Prime Minister confirmed he held a meeting on Wednesday with MP Skender Rexhepi-Zeid, former Alternativa member, now an independent MP. According to the PM, the two discussed a certain number of court cases regarding which there has been a public discussion in relation to the way in which they were conducted, but not in relation to an alleged international monitoring of certain cases.

"In no case have I interfered in the decisions of the judiciary, nor will I do so, nor will foreign judicial authorities be consulted. The only thing that can be done is to send a letter to the European Delegation about certain cases, if they would have a way to do certain monitoring on how those cases are handled. If there is such an opportunity, then they could do it within the EU directives. If not, they will say. However, the letter is only intended to prove to everyone that we have judicial bodies that function independently. This was also confirmed  today with the decision of the European Court of Human Rights," Kovachevski told reporters.