The Minister of Justice Bojan Maricic in tonight's guest appearance on Sitel TV said that there is no basis for the request of VMRO-DPMNE for him to resign because, as claimed by the party, "convicts walk freely around the country", emphasizing that none of them was released due to will of any from the government.

- Pamphlets and announcements with who are they demands my resignation, they have no basis either in reality or in political allegations. All the people mentioned in their statements are under the control of the system. All have a certain status determined by the court at the request of the prosecution or at its discretion. All those persons, when there was a need to move, do so under strictly controlled conditions under the supervision and approval of the court. None of them was released at will any from the government, said Maricic.

He said it was perfectly normal in democracies for people with health problems a who are they serving a prison sentence or detention, are entitled to medical care.

In the case of Zoran Mileski-Kiceec, the suspension of serving a prison sentence was given on the basis of medical documentation by the Directorate for Execution of Sanctions, which is obliged to take care of the health and safety of prisoners.

- In case there is justified medical documentation, the Office has the right to release. At the moment when the accident happened, which is a tragic event, I believe that no one wants it, immediately Kicheec is first deprived of liberty, from the hospital, where he was treated. From there he was taken to the prosecutor's office in Gostivar, from there he was taken to serve a detention measure in the prison in Shutka, and the Court of Appeal in Gostivar revoked his detention and sent him to serve a prison sentence in Struga. The prison in Struga, after a disciplinary procedure, deprives him of the treatment he had until then in the open part of the prison and he no longer has any of those rights and benefits that he enjoyed until the incident that it happened, to the accident, said the minister.

Maricic emphasizes that Zoran Mileski-Kiceec is now in prison without the opportunity to leave, to serve his prison sentence.

- The public should know that everything is legal. There is no deviation from the law. We currently have a certain number of prisoners from Skopje prisons who are they for treatment by Covid-19 at the State Hospital. We have a situation of well-known detainees and prisoners who have been taken to hospital several times for medical examination, intervention and more. It is not illegal. "What happened to the accident is a really unfortunate event for which responsibility will be determined," said the minister.

Regarding the speculations that the former special prosecutor Katica Janeva is not serving her prison sentence, Maricic said that his information says that she is in Idrizovo..

Source: MIA