Kocani should receive Acting mayor to be able to perform basic tasks and functions
Former Mayor of Kocani, Ljupco Papazov, who resigned after the tragedy at the Pulse disco, failed to complete the four -year term from the citizens of the 2021 local elections for approximately seven months.
According to Article 54 of the Law on Local Self-Government, after the termination of the mandate of the Mayor, the member of the Council of the Municipality of Kocani who replaces it, in this case the coordinator of the VMRO-DPMNE Advisory Group Mirce Stojkov is obliged to inform the Ministry of Local
The municipality is already underway that will have to elect a VD. mayor who will lead her functioning.
-After the resignation of the current mayor has been deposited in the Municipal Archive Service, the Ministry of Local Self -Government has been notified, which has already informed the Government. According to unconfirmed information, a letter from the Ministry is expected to be discussed on Tuesday and then we expect the President of the Kocani Municipality Council to convene a session and confirm who will be acting. mayor to the local elections. My function is the current one – a councilor in the municipality and I have not deposited a signature in the Central Registry, so it is debatable whether I can sign documents. This is the first such case, it is a legal maze that no municipality has ever faced, so there are different opinions among legal experts on the validity of my signature – says Stojkov.
According to the legal provisions within thirty days of the publication of the Government’s decision, the Council of the Municipality of Kocani, with a majority of votes of the total, should choose one of its members who will perform his duties. The selected acting The mayor will remain in office until the election of a new one in the regular local elections, due to be held in October this year.
