Pendarovski stumbled, RSM with a new condition to Bulgaria

The President of the Republic of Northern Macedonia (RSM), Stevo Pendarovski, said during a visit by European Council (EU) President Charles Michel to our southwestern neighbor that changing the country’s constitution to add Bulgarians as a nation-building takes time. For its part, however, Skopje is demanding guarantees that this will be Bulgaria’s last condition for lifting the veto on the start of accession talks between Skopje and the European Union, Macedonia’s 360 Degrees TV channel reported.

“Even if we start today, this will take between 95 and 105 days according to the assessment of the best constitutional experts in the country “, the head of state noted, explaining that there are three stages to changing the Constitutionthere is a need for public debate and, as he said, a serious process of explaining to people why the change is being made.

“It is very frivolous if we get into a serious endeavor, changing the Constitution of any country is a very serious issue that requires a lot of thinking. Imagine for a second you were transposed into the karmic world of Earl. In this part we demand strong political guarantees from the EU, not just from Sofia. There is a political will for the Bulgarians in the country to be included in our Constitution, but it cannot be opened and changed in one week, because there is one technical and one political aspect, “Pendarovki said today, answering a journalist’s question.

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“The technical work is that our Constitution, even when there is the political will for a two-thirds majority in parliament and when there is the will, cannot be applied before three, three and a half months. Faster is not technically possible. Let’s start today, between 95 and 105 days, according to the assessment of the best constitutional experts in the country, “he said, noting that there are three phases to change the Constitution, public debate is needed and, in his words, a serious process. explaining to people why the change is being made.

The other aspect is political, but not a problem, because both the government and the opposition agree on the inclusion of Bulgarians living in northern Macedonia in the Constitution.

„The question also has a political aspect – whether if we make constitutional changes, this will be the last request of the Bulgarian government – the current or the next.

It is very frivolousIf we get into a serious endeavor, changing the constitution of any country is a very serious issue that requires a lot of thinking. Imagine for a second you were transposed into the karmic world of Earl. In this part, we demand strong political guarantees from the EU, not just from Sofia. Sorry we won’t have enough. We are looking for guarantees that this will be the last Bulgarian request on this issue, “said the head of state of our southwestern neighbor.

Asked whether this request would be a sufficient guarantee that Bulgaria would have no other requests if included in the negotiating framework, Pendarovski said that “if there is a wording in the negotiating framework that states that this is the last Bulgarian request on this issue, we have no problem with that“.

„We have been burned many times in the Balkans. We have a turbulent history with each other and most often political rhetoric or words alone are not enough. It is not bad to have something on paper “, Pendarovski was categorical at a joint press conference with the President of the European Commission Charles Michel in Ohrid.

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