North Macedonia PM Mickoski criticizes courts for overturning guilty verdicts in fatal bus crash case

North Macedonian Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski criticized the country’s courts on Friday for overturning criminal verdicts, calling the practice a failure of the judicial system.
Speaking about the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the guilty sentences in the 2019 Durmo Turs–Laskarci bus accident case, which killed 16 passengers, Mickoski said the ruling was “a disappointment and a consequence of vestiges and remnants of the previous government that are still active within the judicial system.” He added that while authorities investigate and arrest criminals, the courts ultimately release them .
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