Skopje, 30 July 2025 (MIA) - I will leave politics to the politicians, said Chief Prosecutor Ljupcho Kocevski in an interview for the newspaper Vecher after Parliament adopted a motion of no confidence against him on Tuesday.

“I couldn’t follow the entire discussion in Parliament. We have a lot of work here at the Prosecutor’s Office, especially after uncovering significant cases where we had to have several prosecutors engaged. I will leave politics to the politicians,” Kocevski said when quizzed if he will resign after Parliament’s decision.

Kocevski said the citizens have an ally in the Prosecutor’s Office when it comes to fighting all kinds of crimes, highlighting that the European Commission has recognized serious progress in the prosecution’s fight against corruption despite the lack of resources.

The Chief Prosecutor underscored that he does not allow anyone to exert pressure on his work and called on his colleagues to be resilient and report any attempt to influence their work. However, Kocevski noted attempts to use the media as a tool for political pressure on the judiciary.

“The emphasis on the infamous two percent trust in the judiciary, which no one knows how it was determined, serves precisely that purpose. Even though, for example, a new World Bank survey is currently underway, and its preliminary results already show very different figures, which I hope will soon be presented to the public. The power of the media and social networks to exert pressure on the judiciary is not negligible, and even the defense in some cases is trying to use that,” Kocevski stressed.

Quizzed about the illegal constructions in the Municipality of Chair, Kocevski said two cases have been formed on the basis of the documents submitted by the Mayor of Skopje, Danela Arsovska. One of the cases is at the Basic Prosecutor’s Office in Skopje, while the other is at the Prosecutor’s Office for Prosecuting Organized Crime and Corruption.

“Both cases are being handled intensively, and detailed orders have been issued to the financial police and the Interior Ministry for the checks they need to carry out,” the Chief Prosecutor said.

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