The President Did Not Sign the Public Procurement Law, 2,158 Amendments Filed in the Assembly Before the Repeat Vote
Article 13 is in dispute: the term of the members of the State Commission for Complaints. The majority wants it deleted, and most of the other amendments come from SDSM.
Skopje – A total of 2,158 amendments have been filed in the Assembly to the Law Amending the Law on Public Procurement, which President Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova refused to sign. The law is on the agenda of the 129th session, and the amendments may address only the President’s objections.
The amendments were adopted at the session of October 26. On November 4 the President told the Assembly that she would not sign the decree promulgating them, citing Article 75, paragraph 3 of the Constitution, after, as she stated, careful analysis and consultations with experts.
The main objection is to Article 13, which changes how the chair and members of the State Commission for Public Procurement Complaints are appointed. The current law provides a five-year term “with the right to one more election”. The amendment reads “with the right to re-appointment”.
According to the President, the new wording is imprecise and could allow an unlimited number of terms, while the current one clearly limits the office to two terms, that is, at most ten years. She cites the opinions of the Venice Commission and warns that unlimited terms can concentrate power over the spending of large public funds.
The President herself says she would support limiting membership to a single five-year term, but has doubts about unlimited terms. She asked the Assembly to understand the reasons for returning the law.
The majority filed an amendment deleting Article 13, in line with the President’s objection. Most of the other amendments were filed by the opposition SDSM. The deadline for submission expired on Friday, November 6.
Under the Rules of Procedure, the law is reconsidered in a third reading within 30 days. By the editorial calculation, counted from October 26, that means the end of November.
The agenda of the 129th session also includes the supplemented proposal for the 2026 budget revision, amendments to the Law on Budget Execution, an agreement with Albania on joint border crossings and joint border control, and amendments to the laws on health insurance, the Criminal Code, pension insurance, the Deposit Insurance Fund, agriculture and family and housing support.
What was not announced: how many amendments belong to the majority and how many to SDSM, and exactly when the vote will be held. Such data are not in the relayed information.
MKNews Hub · Macedonia · November 10, 2026
