Balgarianovinite.com One of North Macedonia’s ruling parliamentary groups, the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization-Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity (VMRO-DPMNE), has submitted to Parliament a bill which foresees that MPs will not have the right of foreign citizenship. That was announced by VMRO-DPMNE MP Antonio Miloshoski on Facebook on Wednesday after Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM) spread a report according to which several VMRO-DPMNE representatives have Bulgarian citizenship. The report, based on opposition-party statement, came out right after the April 19 elections in Bulgaria.
In an interview on Sitel TV, VMRO-DPMNE MP Bojan Stojanoski, who was mentioned in the SDSM-report, rejected the accusations of having Bulgarian citizenship. According to Dafina Jovanoska – Stojanoska, another MP of the ruling party, with the adoption of the bill the SDSM statements will lose value.
Media outlets in North Macedonia said that the VMRO-DPMNE proposal was signed exactly by the MPs who allegedly own Bulgarian citizenship, including Antonio Miloshoski, Nikola Micevski, Bojan Stojanoski, Igor Zdravkovski, Maria Petrushevska.
Liberal Democratic Party Chair Monika Zajkova announced her party’s support for the VMRO-DPMNE proposal which should be applied to current MPs as well. She shared her expectations that those in possession of dual citizenship will resign their positions.
SDSM coordinator Oliver Spasovski was also cited by media in North Macedonia. According to him the bill is a populist approach and “it is impossible to prove the one’s ownership of citizenship of North Macedonia, therefore the suggested amendment is inadequate”. Spasovski stressed that the VMRO-DPMNE proposal is insufficient as it does not guarantee its appliance to the current National Assembly. That is why SDSM plans to propose its own amendment, striving to ensure that dual citizenship limitation covers MPs in the current Parliament, as well as other positions, he added.
Local media reported that VMRO-DPMNE’s proposal to put the bill on Parliament’s agenda by short procedure was accepted, receiving 77 votes in favour and only 8 against. VMRO-DPMNE Moves to Introduce Legislative Changes against Dual Citizenship of North Macedonia’s MPs 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-04-22 16:59:00 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law