site.btaPresident Radev: Case against Ljupcho Georgievski Is Unacceptable

“The case against Ljupcho Georgievski and the anti-Bulgarian statements of leaders in North Macedonia are absolutely unacceptable,” President Rumen Radev said at the beginning of a meeting with Georgievski.

Radev reaffirmed his support for Georgievski and recalled that the office of the President was the first to declare support.

“Rest assured that you have my full support,” Radev addressed Georgievski. Radev called on all Bulgarian institutions to come out in active support of Ljupcho Georgievski, adding that he expected continuous work on the case.

Georgievski, chair of the Bulgarian cultural club Ivan Mihailov in Bitola, banned in 2023 by the authorities in the Republic of North Macedonia, received a suspended sentence from the court in Bitola for inciting xenophobia, racism, and ethnic hatred through electronic means after publishing quotes by the controversial historical figure Ivan Mihailov on the club’s Facebook page.