Minister of the People’s Assembly, Pançe Toshkovski, stated during a parliamentary interpellation that the reason for the recent arrest of Andrej Kuçulovski, the head of the “Left” party’s youth wing, was not the display of a Palestinian flag during the World School Handball Championship match between Macedonia and Israel. Instead, Toshkovski asserted that the detention occurred because Kuçulovski shouted the phrase, “killers, killers.”
Speaking to the “Left” deputy, Jovana Mojsoska, Toshkovski emphasized that the incident took place while Kuçulovski was addressing young people aged 14 and 16. He noted the discrepancy between the current understanding and prior official statements.
Toshkovski indicated that the initial narrative, supported by a statement from the Ministry of Interior at the end of April, suggested the flag display was the basis for legal action. However, he countered this by specifying the nature of the verbal outburst. The exchange highlighted a divergence in the official account of the incident.
While the Ministry of Interior had previously focused on the flag display as the grounds for the ensuing legal measures, Toshkovski presented the shouting as the primary catalyst for the arrest. His statement aimed to clarify the official record regarding the specific actions that precipitated the police intervention concerning the youth wing leader.
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