Interior Minister Panche Toshkovski announces bill that allows electronic monitoring anklets
Minister says new proposal filed in Parliament includes electronic monitoring bracelets and was drafted with social ministry, NGOs and legal experts.
Interior Minister Panche Toshkovski told Sitel TV on 12 November 2026 that a new legislative proposal on domestic violence has been submitted to Parliament and includes a provision for using electronic monitoring anklets for offenders.
Key elements and preparation
Toshkovski said the draft was prepared over a period of more than five to six months in cooperation with the Ministry of Social Policy, Demography and Youth, non-governmental organizations, experts, professors, prosecutors and judges.
“Believe me, this legal solution will not solve the situation with domestic violence, but I guarantee it will yield better results than those we have now,” Toshkovski said.
The draft law explicitly includes the possibility of using electronic anklets to track suspects and persons for whom a court issues the appropriate order. Toshkovski said he expects Members of Parliament to adopt the law as soon as possible.
The announcement comes after a recent femicide in Boganci, where a young man killed a minor and then took his own life; the killing sparked a protest in Skopje.
Photo: press material from the event
