The Skopje Appellate Court decided not to accept the request of the convicted in the April 27 case that requested a repeat of the procedure, Fokus.mk reported on Tuesday.
“The appeal is unfounded. The judge appreciated the appeal finding for a substantial violation of the provisions of the criminal procedure under Article 415, paragraph 1, item 11 of the CPC, but did not accept it as well-founded, given that the reasoned decision does not contain such shortcomings that it could not be examined in terms of its correctness and legality, the ruling of the decision is clear and understandable, and the explanation contains sufficient reasons for the decisive facts and legal positions taken by the court,” reads the decision of the Appellate Court.
With this decision, the Appellate Court confirmed the decision of the Criminal Court issued on December 15, 2025, which ruled that there is no legal scope for a repeat of the procedure.
“The court correctly assessed that the presented facts are not suitable to cause the release of the person who was convicted or his conviction under a more lenient criminal law. The Council cannot engage in assessing whether in the specific case the judge or the public prosecutor committed crimes that are time-barred, as well as whether the statement of the threatened witness was false,” the decision states.
Sixteen people are serving prison sentences in connection with the Parliament incursion, legally sentenced of 7 to 16 years in prison for terrorist endangerment of the constitutional order and security. The highest sentence of 16 years was given to Mitko Chavkov, former director of the Public Security Bureau, who at that time had a “golden command” for the protests in front of the Parliament.
Some of the defendants in the case received amnesty with the law that was passed by the Parliament at the end of 2018.
