SDSM Still Mourns ICJ Loss with their partners
Tuesday, 13 December 2011
After the ICJ win, the leading party in the opposition, SDSM remained muted!
The opposition party and their leader Branko Crvenkovski found themselves in a peculiar position, prior to and post the ICJ ruling.
The most vocal opponent of naming Skopje's international Airport Alexander the Great was not Greece, rather our own political party, the SDSM. It was SDSM's leader, Branko Crvenkovski who first stated Macedonia broke the Interim Agreement with naming of the airport, and later with Alexander's statue in downtown Skopje!
Because of stands like these, the SDSM sees the ICJ win as a loss for them and their partners to the south.
For years, Athens merely follows and repeats SDSM's statements a day or two after they are made in Skopje.
The ICJ did speak about the airport and statues as it was high on Greece's attorneys agenda at the Hague. In both cases the ICJ ruled naming airports, or statues, or museums in no way breached the Interim Agreement, adding Macedonia has authority over its land and can do or name things in any way it desires. It was an internal matter, the ICJ ruled.
The SDSM remained muted after the ruling. No apology came from Crvenkovski or the party. None was expected. Communists typically do not apologize.
Finally today the SDSM scheduled a press conference, lead by Gordan Georgiev, SDSM's vice president.
Is this the day the SDSM will apologize?
- After the ICJ ruling Macedonia is in even worse position than before in regards to EU and NATO. If we look at the conclusions, we can only see defeat written all over, says Gordan Georgiev, adding Macedonia should use the ICJ ruling as a jumping board to negotiate a new name with Greece.
And this is why the SDSM is in opposition for 6 years, highly likely will stay there for a while.
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