Reeker Tells Macedonian Opposition that Time of Political Games Is Gone

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Acting Assistant Secretary of European and Eurasian Affairs at the U.S. State Department Philip Reeker said during a July 26 visit to Skopje that the Macedonian opposition should know that the time of political games was over.

Reeker urged the opposition to be constructive in the process of endorsing a new Prosecution Act, defining the status of the Special Prosecutor's Office for Eavesdropped Conversations.

"In any genuine democracy the role of the opposition is crucial, and it needs to be constructive. The time of games is gone, and things need to move forward, for the sake of the country. The Public Prosecution Act should be passed, and I encourage the opposition to move in that direction," Reeker said at a joint press conference with North Macedonia's Prime Minister Zoran Zaev.

The country's major opposition party VMRO-DMNE insists that the new law should end a series of litigations and investigations involving opposition officials.

The U.S. official explained that passing the new law would mean that the European Union might open accession talks with North Macedonia next fall.