Three of Velija's printed newspapers are about to close because they owe a million euros to the internal revenue office, the UJP.
All of the journalists employed at Shpic, Vreme and Koha e Re were lead to believe Velija will essentially pay his due to the UJP, only today to find out he wasn't.
Over 30 journalists working at these papers risked their careers and became unemployable just so they could protect their boss. They made up stories packaged as "news" how the Government waged war and put an innocent man in jail at the same time glorifying their boss. The journalists in return were promised lots of cash and living the good life.
Well, all of that seemed to have ended today. Ramkovski through his lawyer told his journalists they may not be employed for much longer.
With cash running out, that was all these journalists needed to hear. All have now turned against their boss, Velija Ramkovski. Few of the outspoken ones have posted remarks about their boss on their facebook profiles: "He sold us out; Velija is a traitor; and (Velija vo kjelija) Velija in Jail".
Incredibly, all of these journalists believed Velija would somehow help them, none of them bothered to understand there is a reason he was in jail. The ultimate plan was for the SDSM to win the elections and pardon their boss, as the SDSM has done before. But, sometimes things don't go according to plan. Similar fate await A1 journalists. The TV station owes nearly 9.5 million euros to the UJP.
