Macedonian PM refuses prisoners’ demand for new general amnesty law
N1 Info 10.12.2018 | Beta
Zoran Zaev, the Prime Minister of Macedonia, said on Monday he did not consider a new general amnesty at any time soon, but might pardon those who had not taken part in the violence in the parliament in April last year, the Beta news agency reported.
He confirmed he received a letter from the prisoners serving time at “Idrizova” jail asking for the general amnesty, but added the parliament had passed the amnesty law six months ago. "The practice in the world is to change such law every four to eight years," Zaev said. The prisoners started a two-day hunger strike to make Zaev suggest the general amnesty for “ April 27,” as a part of the so-called reconciliation process, adding they would
