MILS: News from the FYROM, 97-07-25

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CONTENTS

[01] IN SEPTEMBER A MEETING BETWEEN GLIGOROV AND STOYANOV

[02] `ESKUSIA' - MACEDONIAN REPUBLIC-SKOPJE A FINAL SOLUTION

[03] STAFF CHANGES IN MORE PUBLIC FIRMS

[04] OVERCOMING THE GAP IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS BY POLITICAL METHODS

[05] STILL WITH NO FINAL ATTITUDE REGARDING MI INFORMATION

[06] BILL ON EMPLOYMENT ADOPTED BY ASSEMBLY

[07] IN MAY 24,1% EMPLOYED DID NOT RECEIVE SALARY IN MACEDONIA

[08] BRUCELLOSIS SPREADING IN KUMANOVO AND SURROUNDINGS

[09] INCREASED POLUTION OF VARDAR, BATHING PROHIBITED IN `TRESKA' LAKE

MILS SUPPLEMENT

[10] `Selective Police Action' (`Vecher', 25 July, 1997)

[11] `Better Safety of the Insured' (`Vecher', 22 July, 1997)

MILS NEWS

Skopje, 25 July, 1997

[01] IN SEPTEMBER A MEETING BETWEEN GLIGOROV AND STOYANOV

[02] `ESKUSIA' - MACEDONIAN REPUBLIC-SKOPJE A FINAL SOLUTION

According to `Escusia', the Macedonian and Greek Government, after the meeting of their delegates that is due in New York in August, will conclude that the negotiations condected through mediatot Cyrus Vance have come to a dead end. The next step is to direct this subjecy to the Security Council which will be called to pass a decision on the name, and according to official and back stage negotiations, the result will be Macedonian Republic - Skopje.

[03] STAFF CHANGES IN MORE PUBLIC FIRMS

For manager of the Macedonian Post Offices has been apointed Aco Gjurchevski, and for manager of the Public Firm for Airline Services `Makedonija' - Kiro Donchevski instead of Aleksandar Chepeljugin. Gjorgji Pupakovski has been appointed in stead of Stevica Bozzinovski in the Fund for Motorways. Instead of Vladi Ivanov, manager of `Macedonian Motorway' Idrizi Fatmir has been appointed. Gjorgji Bojkovski, released himself from the position of manager of the Public Firm for Dealing with housing and office space and he has been replaced by his assisstant Jovan Siljanovski. At the same time the existing deputy Milan Goshevski was released from his function. Due to expiry of her mandate the manager of the Republic Statistics Institute, Svetlana Antonovska has been replaced by Doncho Gerasimovski. Angele Stamenkovski has been appointed for a main Republic labor inspector , Bozzidar Tendovski has been appointed for manager of the department for general and joint matters of the Government, his deputy is Lenka Belalovska while the chief republic administrating inspector is Cvetko Angelkovski. The Governemt also appointed more managers for the prisons in Bitola, Shtip, Struga, Tetovo and other towns.

[04] OVERCOMING THE GAP IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS BY POLITICAL METHODS

At the Government session the reasons and consequences of the Gostivar events were mostly discussed and it has been assessed that the undertaken actions were not politically preventive.The coalition partners expressed willingless to do everything possible for overcoming the gap created in the international relations by use of political methods. That is why a special work group has been formed, headed with Justice Secretary, Gjorgji Spasov. It includes ministers Vladimir Naumovski and Dzevdet Hajdari. This Commission will follow the situations in Gostivar and Tetovo and other towns in Western Macedonia.

Within these frameworks re-examination will be done of the information regarding the making of certain people techologically redundant in several municipalities, because they are allegedly being replaced by other empoyees which means that thay had not been technologically redundant. The commission will also follow the ongoing activities of the MI members in relation to possible overstepping of their authorisations. Regarding the demand for resignation of the Interior Minister, Tomislav Chokrevski, Zoran Ivanov informed that the Government session did not discuss that on the grounds of klacking arguments for such a discussion.

[05] STILL WITH NO FINAL ATTITUDE REGARDING MI INFORMATION

According to the PDA coordinator , Rami Tuda, the deffinite attitude of the party is not complete, and the party is, in general, not satisfied with the information. All comments will be given during the discussion. On the suggestion of the Government the ministers have acepted to urgently discuss: the changes in the Bill on furthering the relations regarding disbursment of used credits from international finance intsitutions, the prposal bill on Macedonian debts towards the EU taken as a loan, the loan for taking guarantees in used credits from the European Investment Bank, the changes in the Bill for rehabilitation and reconstruction of part of the Macedonian banks.... The discussion on the IM information regarding the Gostivar and Tetovo events is expected to be on the agenda on today's sequel of the parliament session.

[06] BILL ON EMPLOYMENT ADOPTED BY ASSEMBLY

[07] IN MAY 24,1% EMPLOYED DID NOT RECEIVE SALARY IN MACEDONIA

[08] BRUCELLOSIS SPREADING IN KUMANOVO AND SURROUNDINGS

[09] INCREASED POLUTION OF VARDAR, BATHING PROHIBITED IN `TRESKA' LAKE

MILS SUPPLEMENT

[10] `Selective Police Action'

(`Vecher', 25 July, 1997)

The information which was affirmed by the Government and handed to the Assembly of the Macedonian Republic is accompanied by forographs and balistics expert opinon on the used fire arms and other objects udes in the Gostivar events. The information itself is a chronology on the events from the beginning till the ending of the action. It elaborates the standard procedure applied in the removal of the illegally hoisted flags as well as in the search of the municipality councils in Gostivar and Tetovo. and their physical security. Afterwards, it is cited in the information, so-called `shock bombs' were used which made only sound and light effects but were not harmful.

During the detailed searching through the premises of the 2 assembley deprived of freedom 3 `watchmen' - one in Tetovo and 2 in Gostivar- who hade been illegaly armed (with pistols) and had their arms taken away from them. The setting of security on the accesses to the 2 municipality councils have been conducted with no provocation and no violation of the public peace and order. However, later on, with no particular reason, a group of 200 Gostivar citizens by use of physival force, all sorts of dangerous objects and chemical agents attacked the police forces thus violating the public peace and order in the town. In this one member of the special police forces was injured in the head. The police forces stroke back with the use of tear gas, rubber nightsticks and physical force. The situation was soon calm, but with an organised arrival of demonstrants from the surrounding villages the mass of people gradually increased so that at 15 h., according to a approximate police estimation, about 7 to 8.000 people were gathered there.

In the mean time, the IM tries through a report and a press conference to deny the speculations and false information on the alledged killed and injured people. But this was with no sucess, because the tension in the area kept growing. By shouting out all sorts of slogans (Bosnia, Bosnia") the extremists had tried to increase the tension and to draw the attention of the crowd. At 15:18 h. the culmination is reached when from the surrounding buildings 2 gas bombs are thrown and the decreased visibility encouraged the extremists to open fire on the police with automatic wepons. The police shot back after selectivelly discovering the places of shooting from the buildings, and this, according to the police, spared the crowd which was thus obviousy abused by the extremists. In the one hour-long intensive shootings 2 people were killed but the circumstances under which they had been killed remain unknown because their families demanded autopsy to be performed.

After the shooting had ceased around 17 h. the situation in the town was normalised and any further use of fire arms was hindered. A certain number of peple who opened fire on the police afterwards or exercised any kind of organised resistance were detained of inprisoned in the premises of the municipality office for internal affairs. With the performed criminal - technical experts examinations the objects from which the shooting had started were located, also the shooters, the origin and type of ammunition were identified. The mayors' cabinets in Gostivar and Tetovo were searched, including the homes of the 2 `watchmen' of the flag in front of the council in Gostivar where 2 automatic guns with a large ammount ammunition were found.

The IM information also cites that the Inretior Ministry `took control over the situation and reintroduced adherence towards the public peace and order in the municipalities of Tetovo and Gostivar. It kept its engagement within the existing legal frameworks by respecting the basics of physical force exercise and use of fire arms. The publiclly expressed accusations on violation of official authorizations will be examined by a special body'.

The information also cites that in the documentation of the Medical Centre in Gostivar between 9 and 11 July examinantion of 196 patients has been recorded, all which found themselves in the clash with the police and had been heavily or easily injured. 49 patients were kept in hospital while a larger part of the examined were released on home treatment. In the Surgical Clinics in Skopje on 9 July 7 injured people were received one of which had been easily wounded whil the others were kept on treatment. In the Military Hospital 9 people have been hospitalised the on the same day.

With the provided proof material on the organisors and participators in the riots, t7 charges have been passed against 14 people, 14 demands on initiating offense proccedings against 49 people, and new such charges are underway. On the first day of the riots 318 people were detained, while 18 were imprisoned.

[11] `Better Safety of the Insured'

(`Vecher', 22 July, 1997)

The Bill on Trade Companies that was passed at the beginning of last year entailed the need for changes of the existing bill on insurance of property and subjects in the sense of co-ordinating the forms regulated by the Bill on Trade Companies and also wiping off of the provisions regarding the manner of founding, the social bodies... In this direction, the Finance Ministry elaborated a new Bill on Insurance the last phase of which has passed through the Government of the Macedonian Republic and this legal project is soon expected to get into the assembly procedure.

According to this draft-bill the insurance companies in our state will have the form of stock companies which, depending on the work they perform, might be stock companies for insurance, for re-insurance, and other for businesses of insurance and re-insurance. The Bill on Trade Companies ( act 18) allows foundation of companies with limited responsibility regarding the matters of loan insurance. But, the estimations of the Government, i.e. of the Finance Ministry, say that the state is not prepared with the necessary conditions for this sort of insurance. Founders of such insurance companies could be either domestic or foreign legal and physical subjects. It is suggested that foreign founders, domestic legal subjects who are directly or indirectly in majority ownership of foreign physical of legal subjects and domestic physical subjects should not gain more that 255 of the stock with a right to manage them.

An exception will present the possibility this participation to present up to 49% in cases when a foreign insurance company appears to be a founder. The height of the founding capital will depend on the activities that will be performed by the company. Only to illustrate this, for performing all sorts of insuring and re-insuring and conducting other matters regarding insurance a capital of 14.100.000 DM is necessary. According to this legal project the insurance company can neither be founded nor function without a permission given by the Finance Ministry which will control and survey the performance of these companies, and if necessary, the Bill allows the control to be conducted by authorised subjects and institutions. The performance's safety and protection of the interests of the insured people will be realised through the institute for guarantee fund which has to be present in each insurance company. The guarantee fund will be comprised of the paid founding principle, the safety reserves and the undistributed income. The lowest amount of the guarantee fund may not be under the amount of the basic principle paid in cash.

Due to the uniqueness of the means for life insurance (they have the character of savings) and for protection of the interests of this kind of insured people the bill proposes these means to be registered in a special account so that they can neither be used nor become subject to compelling cover up of different sorts of obligations from some other sorts of insurance or re- insurance, neither for covering any obligations towards the society. If the life insurance company is to undergo bankruptcy or liquidation the insured are allowed to found a new company or to transfer the life insurance means into other insurance companies. Otherwise, as it was so far in the bill, insurance continues to be obligatory for travellers with the public transportation, i.e. for owners of vehicles and aircrafts with the responsibility for damages done to third subjects.

A novelty presents the obligatory insurance for owners of ships, i.e. boats on motor drive ant obligatory insurance is introduced for foreign transport vehicles as well. The draft-bill also predict formation of a National Insurance Bureau which can be founded by at least 2 stock companies for insurance i.e. re-insurance. If not, the Bureau will be founded by the Government of RM. This bureau will conduct the activities predicted with international agreements on insuring owners and users of motor vehicles with the responsibility in the traffic, and its performance will be controlled by the Finance Ministry.

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mils news 25 July, 1997

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