VMRO-DPMNE rejects Venko Filipche's claims of 'sell-off' by government
The ruling party called Filipche's accusations selective and pointed to his record as minister while defending government projects.
VMRO-DPMNE responded sharply after Venko Filipche, leader of SDSM, accused Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski of selling off national assets by announcing plans for data centers and a project to open an antimony mine.
Party reply: selective criticism
In its reaction, the governing VMRO-DPMNE said Filipche objects to every success and to the government's economic policies, which the party argues are steering the country in the right direction.
VMRO-DPMNE framed Filipche's criticism as inconsistent and politically motivated, pointing to his record as health minister and to what they described as his tolerance of other practices and projects abroad.
“The selective principledness of Filipche is absurd — he objects to data centers, yet he had no problem with kickbacks from vaccines. His tenure as minister clearly showed that he only cares about certain tenders, vaccine kickbacks, and he even tried to take over a hospital through blackmail connected to court disputes. Let him reconsider what exactly suits him, because so far we know he has no objection to high-rises in Dubai, golden visas, yachts in Greece; we know he is a fan of Dzinovic and of Zaev, but we do not know why he objects to all the tireless efforts of the Government to lead the country forward,”
said VMRO-DPMNE.
Filipche, speaking at a press conference earlier, criticized the announced construction of data centers and the antimony mine project, accusing the government led by Mickoski of selling national wealth and arranging projects to serve private business interests. He said SDSM is not against technological progress but opposes private business interests of the authorities and of the prime minister.
Filipche also called for a referendum: “Citizens should decide in a referendum whether they want mines near their homes.”
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