“Mrs. Yotova lives in a fantasy world of the 19th century. Not a single citizen of North Macedonia has signed a declaration that he feels Bulgarian. This is done by Bulgarian lawyers who take money for mediation.”
This was written on her Facebook profile by the Minister of Energy of North Macedonia, <a href="https://time.news/the-power-minister-of-north-macedonia-had-bulgarian-citizenship-2024-07-02-210713/" title="The power minister of North Macedonia had Bulgarian citizenship
– 2024-07-02 21:07:13″>Sanya Božinovska, for whom it became clear in June that she holds Bulgarian citizenship.
Her comment comes after the call of the Vice President of Bulgaria, Iliana Yotova, “for the authorities in the Republic of North Macedonia to read European values with more understanding”, because the EU membership negotiations will not end if there is at least one country that believes that human rights are not respected. observe
“Not a single Macedonian citizen who has received Bulgarian citizenship feels Bulgarian. In fact, this was also seen in the census of the population in North Macedonia with the extremely symbolic number of Bulgarians counted,” added Božinovska in her post.
According to her, Macedonians like her, who requested a Bulgarian passport, have it for one single reason – the need for work outside North Macedonia.
“If Mrs. Yotova thinks that the document fraud introduced by Bulgaria will change my perception of being Macedonian and the perception of many of my fellow citizens, then she either does not understand that their bribery policy has failed, or she does not understands that we had an economic need, and we have left her and politicians like her to fantasize as if they were in the 19th century,” writes Sanya Božinovska.
“Ms. Yotova, instead of petty political innuendos, it is good to start dealing with the need of the Macedonians in Bulgaria, to finally be recognized as a minority and to provide them with basic human rights,” appealed the Minister of Energy.
There is a scandal surrounding Božinovska’s citizenship. It became clear that she ran a company in Zagreb and was registered in the Commercial Register there with Bulgarian identity documents. Then it became clear that she also has Czech citizenship. Later, the biography on the government’s official website indicated that he had Macedonian and Czech citizenship. For Bulgarian – nothing.
She explained that she had Bulgarian citizenship, but she renounced it. And whether there is still a Bulgarian self-awareness, as journalists in Skopje asked her, Bozinovska said that she “will consult with her lawyers”. It also turned out that her entire family were Bulgarian citizens.
The opposition Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM) is demanding Bozinovska’s resignation “due to a series of scandals and false statements in the public space regarding Bulgarian citizenship”.