Levica demands investigation after intelligence officer with conviction received "state secret" certificate and was sent to Vienna

Levica demanded an urgent and complete oversight of the procedure by which the intelligence officer Kiro Todorovski received a high-level security certificate and was sent to represent the Agency for Intelligence in Vienna, after reports that he was convicted in the "Titanik" case.

The party demanded accountability from the director of the Agency for Intelligence, Gabriela Jakovleva, explanations from the Agency for National Security (ANB) and the Directorate for Security of Classified Information, as well as a statement from President Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova.

In its reaction Levica stated: "This case shows that the institutions charged with protecting the state are turning into a CV-laundering operation. The conviction is treated as a minor inconvenience, the security check as an insignificant formality, and diplomacy as a reward arrangement for personnel the system has decided to reuse. We now also have a precedent where a criminal record is not an obstacle to a career, but a recommendation for Vienna. If the institutions continue to stay silent, it will be clear that they are not protecting state secrets, but are protecting the secrets of the party's personnel underworld."

According to publications, the Directorate for Security of Classified Information says that Todorovski was most recently issued a certificate pursuant to Article 59 of the Law on Classified Information, which prescribes the conditions under which a person may submit a new request for issuance of a security certificate. Levica points out that meeting the deadline for re-submission does not "clean" the biography.

"The law allows submission of a new request after the expiration of a defined period, but it does not turn a previous conviction into an insignificant fact, nor does it absolve the ANB and the Directorate for Security of Classified Information from the obligation to determine whether a security risk exists. Especially when secondary legislation expressly requires that it be assessed whether the person in the relevant period was convicted of an offense that may constitute an obstacle to access to and handling of classified information. Therefore, the substantive question is not only whether Todorovski had the right to submit a new request, but who, on the basis of which facts and with what justification, assessed that the final conviction in the "Titanik" case does not call into question his reliability, integrity and loyalty to the constitutional order," the reaction reads.

Levica further notes that, according to the Directorate's response, an "additional security check" was in progress after he had been issued the "state secret" certificate.

"If the check had not been completed, why was the certificate issued? If it had been completed and the result was positive, what exactly is being additionally checked after the person has already been granted access to the most highly classified information and was sent abroad? A state secret is not a trial period, so first to grant the certificate, the position and diplomatic privileges, and then for institutions to determine whether the candidate even meets the conditions," the party said.

According to confirmation from the Criminal Court, Todorovski has it "in black and white" that he was finally convicted to a suspended sentence of two years if he does not commit a new criminal offense in the coming months, after he pleaded guilty. The State Commission for Prevention of Corruption has opened a case following a report. Documents that reached the media say that Todorovski was returned to work in November 2025, received a "state secret" certificate in February this year, and several months later was sent to Vienna to represent the Agency among other representatives of security and intelligence services.

The criminal complaint submitted to the Skopje Prosecutor's Office also alleges that regulations were changed and deadlines were bypassed so that Todorovski could go to Vienna at any cost. The Agency for Intelligence categorically denied these allegations and described them as unfounded, untrue and disinformation.

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