Levica alleges deal between Hristijan Mickoski and Darko Kostadinovski to shelve Article 218 case in exchange for a university post

The Levica party has accused Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski and Constitutional Court President Darko Kostadinovski of a possible secret agreement to delay a court decision on Article 218 of the Law on Enforcement, keeping the case "in a drawer" until after Kostadinovski's term ends.

Levica demands answers and an anti-corruption probe

In a written statement, Levica says the Constitutional Court earlier opened proceedings to assess the constitutionality of Article 218, but the case has not yet been scheduled for a public hearing and vote. The party highlights a passage it says the Court itself has already noted, claiming the provision "expresses doubt about legal unpredictability, introducing a general and vague statutory prohibition on enforcement against items and rights, without establishing legal standards and without specifying which things and rights are necessary for carrying out their activity, i.e. tasks."

Levica also points to a November 2025 judgment at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, titled "AD Insurance Policy v. Republic of Macedonia," which the party says shows long-standing, unjustified privileging of state bodies, public enterprises and municipalities in enforcement proceedings.

The party alleges that unpaid final court decisions against public companies have produced accumulated liabilities of around 700 million euros, harming the rule of law, legal certainty and property rights of citizens and private companies.

Levica recalled previous statements by Kostadinovski in which he reportedly said that the millions owed by public enterprises are real money belonging to creditors. The party says Kostadinovski softened that position after meetings with Prime Minister Mickoski and began saying: "Well, look, the Constitutional Court cannot behave autistically and I, personally, in no case, would support a decision that would lead to the collapse and bankruptcy of the state." Levica quotes this as evidence that the president of the Constitutional Court changed course following private contacts with the prime minister.

The party asks whether the deliberate shelving of this sensitive case is part of an alleged deal under which Kostadinovski would keep the file off the Court's merit agenda during his mandate while Mickoski would later secure him a university professorship—despite, Levica contends, Kostadinovski lacking appropriate academic qualifications for such a chair. Levica is calling on both the prime minister and the Constitutional Court president to respond and urges the State Commission for Prevention of Corruption (DKSK) to open a probe following a whistleblower report.

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