http://www.b-info.com/places/Bulgaria/news/95-08/aug09.micSKOPJE, AUGUST 9, 1995 (MIC)
UNREALIZED PAYING OF RESPECT
The co-president of VMRO-SMD (IMRO - Union of
Macedonian Associations) and member of the Bulgarian National
Assembly Evgeni Ekov complained at a news conference in Sofia
about the attitude of the Macedonian police, who did not allow
him and his companions to lay flowers at the grave of komitadji
leader Toma Davidov, near Ohrid.
He explained that his car was stopped by a police
patrol a couple of kilometers before they could reach the
monument of the voivode. The police allowed Ekov, who has
diplomatic immunity, as member of the Bulgarian Parliament, to
walk on foot to the grave, if he liked, and ordered the others to
turn back to Ohrid or Skopje.
The organizer of this event was Vladimir Paunovski from
Ohrid, who, according to Ekov, was arrested on August 2, and the
laying of the flowers on the grave of the voivode Davidov was
cancelled by an oral order. Ekov has asked the Bulgarian Foreign
Ministry to react against the violation of the rights of the
Bulgarian citizens in Macedonia.
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09. 08. 1995 SKOPJE (MIC)
NEOSTVARENO POKLONENIE
Kopretsedatelot na VMRO-SMD i pratenik vo bugarskoto
Narodno sobranie, Evgeni Ekov, se pozali na pres-konferencijata
vo Sofija na odnosot na makedonskata policija, koja nemu i na
negovite pridruznici ne im dozvolila da polozat cvekje na grobot
na vojvodata Toma Davidov karj Ohrid.
Toj objasnil deka negoviot avtomobil bil sopren od
policiski patroli na nekolku kilometri pred spomenikot na
vojvodata. Policijata na Ekov, koj ima diplomatski imunitet kako
naroden pretstavnik vo bugraskiot Parlament, mu dozvolila, ako
saka da odi pes do grobot, a na drugite im naredila da se vratat
vo Ohrid ili Skopje.
Organizator na ovaa manifestacija bil Vladimir
Paunovski od Ohrid, koj, spored Ekov, bil uapsen na 2 avgust, a
poklonenieto na grobot na vojvodata Davidov bilo otkazano so usna
naredba.
Ekov pobaral od Ministerstvoto za nadvoresni raboti na
Bugarija da reragira protiv krsenjeto na pravata na Bugarite vo
Makedonija.
(KRAJ)