May 25 (SeeNews) - Macedonia’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday annulled a decision to dissolve the country's parliament ahead of early general elections scheduled for June 5, local media reported.
The court's decision was adopted unanimously, news agency MIA reported.
Last Wednesday the Constitutional Court suspended all election-related activities.
During an extraordinary session that same day parliament voted to cancel the June 5 early general elections which have been boycotted by all main political parties except the ruling VMRO-DPMNE. It did not set a new election date.
The snap vote was part of a EU-brokered deal, known as the Przino agreement, aimed to solve a prolonged political crisis in the country. Macedonia has been in a political deadlock since January 2015 when opposition SDSM leader Zoran Zaev accused the coalition government of the conservative VMRO-DPMNE and the Albanians' DUI of corruption, wiretapping illegally more than 20,000 people and covering-up a murder. For its part, the government charged Zaev with trying to destabilise the country.
In mid-April, Macedonia's president Gjorge Ivanov surprisingly halted an investigations against 56 officials suspected of being involved in the wiretapping scandal, triggering continuing mass street protests.
On Friday Macedonia's parliament approved legal amendments making it possible to revoke the president's pardons. The move, however, has failed to appease the protesters and street rallies continued.
Commenting on the legal amendments, the Institute for Democracy Societas Civilis in Skopje said they create ground for selective pardoning. "This is not in line with the prevailing public demand for universal justice and rule of law," the institute added.