He and Stamboliski were convicted of approving an unplanned supply of spare parts for T-55 army tanks in late 2001, only a few months after a formal ceasefire had been negotiated between ethnic Albanian rebels and Macedonian security forces under the Ohrid Agreement.
On i Stamboliski osuđeni su zbog odobravanja neplanirane nabave rezervnih dijelova za tenkove T-55 koncem 2001. godine, samo nekoliko mjeseci nakon što je dogovoreno službeno primirje između lokalnih albanskih pobunjenika i makedonskih snaga sigurnosti, u sklopu Ohridskog sporazuma.