Penalties are sought for burning the Bulgarian flag in Vevcani – Fines are demanded for burning the Bulgarian flag in Vevchani

For the first defendant in the case of the burning of the Bulgarian flag that happened during the Vevcani Carnival, The Public Prosecutor's Office asked the court to sentence him from 7.000 euros. The other two defendants are seeking fines 5.000 euro fine, said the Public Prosecutor's Office. They are charged with a crime - Damage to the reputation of a foreign state by a member 181 of the Criminal Code. One of them set fire to the flag, and the other two picked him up and waved him while he was burning. Otherwise, Vevcani Carnival this year was held on its own initiative despite the ban on rallies due to the pandemic, and there was police intervention.

Basic Public Prosecutor's Office in Struga, after conducting the preliminary procedure, submitted a Proposal for the issuance of a criminal order for three persons for the criminal offense - Violation of the reputation of a foreign state under Article 181 of the Criminal Code.

"On 14 January, during the self-initiated gathering of citizens on the occasion of the religious holiday St. Basil in Vevcani, the defendants, for the purpose of ridicule, publicly mocked the flag of the Republic of Bulgaria. One of them set fire to the flag, while the other two raised it and waved the burning and burning flag ", stated in the PTHP press release.

Public Prosecutor of the Basic Court in Struga, proposed that the first defendant be fined 100 daily fines with individual value of daily fine of 70 euro against the denar, while the other two defendants, proposed a fine of 100 daily fines with by 50 euros each in MKD equivalent.