Failed coup d'état in FYRO Macedonia?

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Failed coup d'état in FYRO Macedonia?


Macedonia opposition chief accused of staging coup d'etat



Zoran Zaev [Social Democrat Union of Macedonia]

Macedonia's chief opposition leader was charged by police on Saturday (31 January) with conspiring with a foreign intelligence service to topple the government.
"I watched and listened to the head of the opposition ... informing me that he is collaborating with a foreign intelligence service," Gruevski said.

Macedonia's state prosecutor confirmed that police had submitted criminal charges against four people, including a former head of state intelligence and his wife. All except Zaev were in custody. Local media reported that Zaev had turned in his passport.


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The Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement Sunday calling for a detailed investigation into the alleged coup attempt in Macedonia.

"We hope that a thorough investigation of the incident is conducted in order to ensure stability and security in Macedonia," a statement published on the Ministry's website on Sunday noted. "We call on all political forces in the country to act within the constitutional framework of democratic institutions in order to resolve problems through dialogue," the Ministry added. "The aggravation of the situation in friendly Macedonia may result in the danger of exacerbating existing ethnic tensions."
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Who could be the "foreign intelligence" that was allegedly trying to orchestrate this coup?
 

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After a troublesome pre-election campaign, Macedonia saw a relatively calm and democratic change of government in the elections held on 5 July 2006. The elections were marked by a decisive victory of the centre-right party VMRO-DPMNE led by Nikola Gruevski.

Gruevski's decision to include the Democratic Party of Albanians in the new government, instead of the Democratic Union for Integration – Party for Democratic Prosperity coalition which won the majority of the Albanian votes, triggered protests throughout the parts of the country with a respective number of Albanian population. However, a dialogue was later established between the Democratic Union for Integration and the ruling VMRO-DMPNE party as an effort to talk about the disputes between the two parties and to support European and NATO aspirations of the country.

VMRO - DPMNE Govt is a coalition with many ethnic minority parties.

Therefore, it is an ideal country where global manoeuvres is feasible.
 

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