Tens of thousands call for PM to resign
(17 May 2015) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY Skopje - 17 May 2015 1. Crowd with smoke 2. Flags and protesters 3. Crowd chanting 4. Wide of protesters waving Macedonian flag outside the government building 5. Protesters dancing waving Macedonian and Albanian flags 6. Wide of street outside government building where rally is taking place 7. Various of protesters marching with Albanian and Macedonian Flags 8. Opposition lined up outside government building 9. Various of police with riot shields outside government building 10. Man wrapped in Albanian flag 11. Mid of woman wrapped in Serbian flag holding sign reading in Macedonian: "Resignation", and on other side 'Goodbye, Nikola!' 12. SOUNDBITE (English) Aleksandar (no last name given) from Kumanovo, Macedonia: "Right now we are here because we accept the freedom for all the people and you can see the situation in Macedonia is not good. We have a lot of people who is employed. The security situation in Kumanovo is very bad. You know, we need something more. You know, we need freedom, we need food, we need work. For that we come here." 13. Aleksandar wrapped in Macedonian flag 14. SOUNDBITE (Macedonian) Marin Mitkovski, resident of Prilep: "We came here today to say stop to this government that is not of the people and we expect that after this rally the Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski will resign as he is now an illegitimate premier and does not have the support of the people." 15. Various of police outside government building 16. Various of protesters waving flags STORYLINE Tens of thousands of people gathered in Macedonian capital Skopje on Sunday to demand the resignation of conservative Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski. Crowds congregated outside the government building in the centre of the city, many holding banners reading 'resign'. The planned protest on Sunday follows the release of a massive cache of wiretapped conversations by the head of the opposition Social Democrats, Zoran Zaev, who claims that Prime Minister Gruevski was behind the mass wiretapping of more than 20-thousand Macedonians The wiretaps purport to reveal corruption at the highest levels of government, including mismanagement of funds, spurious criminal prosecutions of opponents and even the attempted cover-ups of killings. The protesters waved Macedonian, Serbian and Albanian flags, an unusual sight in the country often plagued by ethnic strife. =========================================================== Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: [email protected] (ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: / ap_archive Facebook: / aparchives Instagram: / apnews You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...
