DIVERGENCES FROM THE SEPARATION OF POWERS IN TIMES OF EMERGENCY WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS TO THE REPUBLIC OF NORTH MACEDONIA

• Published in: Journal of Liberty and International Affairs (Bitola) 2021, Vol.6 (3), p.52-61
• Main Author: Stefanovska, Vesna
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Checks and balances; Civil Law; Civil Society; Comparative politics; Constitutional Law; Constitutions; Coronaviruses; Court case; COVID-19; Criminal Law; Democracy; EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment; EU-Legislation; Governance; Government/Political systems; Human Rights; Human Rights and Humanitarian Law; International Law; Law and Transitional Justice; Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence; Pandemic; Pandemics; Philosophy of Law; Political power; Political Sciences; Political Theory; Politics; Politics / Political Sciences; Politics and law; Politics and society; Presidents; Public Administration; Public Law; Rule of law; Separation of Powers; Sociology of Law; State of Emergency
• ISSN: 1857-9760; 1857-9760
• DOI: 10.47305/JLIA2163052s

The worldwide pandemic caused by the coronavirus has disturbed the pure conception of the separation of powers. States forced by the newly established situation, declared a state of emergency, thus the Republic of North Macedonia was not an exception. This paper will focus on the divergences from the separation of powers in the countries from the Western Balkans and across Europe whose departure in the well-established system of checks and balances intrigued the media. The case of North Macedonia was maybe the most interesting because in time of declaring the state of emergency by the President of the Republic, the legislative branch of power – the Assembly was dissolute which meant that the already difficult situation became more complicated to establish a balance between the branches of power to function in protecting the general health of the citizens and the fundamental human rights and freedoms.