Regarding the demolition of the Cosmos building in 2011, the questioning of the four suspects in the TNT case of the Special Public Prosecutor's Office (SPO), has been postponed, following a request by the defense.
"On Tuesday in the premises of Basic Court Skopje 1 - Skopje, following a request by the defense, the questioning of the four suspects, whom the Prosecution for criminal acts associated with the wiretapped conversations (SPO) proposed to be present, has been postponed," the Court said in a release.
The Court said the defense has requested additional time to finish reviewing the case and evidence.
The questioning has been postponed for May 23, 2016.
SPO has informed that it has opened an investigation under the name of TNT, regarding the demolition of the Cosmos building of Fijat Canovski in 2011.
The TNT case includes 4 suspects in the counts of abusing their positions. First suspect in the case is the construction inspector in Gazi Baba municipality. The other three suspects have not been charged, i.e. no investigation has been ordered against them, since they were included in the pardoning declaration of President Ivanov.
Prosecutor Fatime said that dispute between the central and local government in which the prime minister and transport minister from that time were involved and they retaliated against Canovski because his party Party for European Future exited the ruling coalition and joined the opposition.
Taking advantage of their position, according to SPO, they incited the Gazi Baba Mayor to find a way to tear down the Cosmos object.
The Mayor accepted the challenge and called on the first respondent in the case, a construction inspector in Gazi Baba, and told her she should find a way to tear down the building. She agreed and by abusing her official position she illegally measured the object for height dimensions. The investigation carried out by the Faculty of Architecture proved that the first respondent acted illegally.
According to Fetai, the mayor and employees of Gazi Baba illegally realized a public procurement which damaged the municipality's budget for MKD 2,999,569. She pointed out that the object's demolition set back the investor EUR 14.8 million. The investor , in return, is demanding compensation damages in the amount of EUR 58.8 million.