Some 400 police officers protested Monday outside the Constitutional Court unsatisfied with the decision denying them the right to early retirement. Carrying banners on which it was written “Judges, don’t let politicians lead you on”, “While others get shares, we get bullets and injuries” and “Honorable retirement is the least we expect from society”, the police officers expressed their discontent, Vreme reports.

The police officers started their peaceful protest with the national anthem and then proceeded to voicing their demands and arguments.

“At the moment two laws that are still into force produce a legal effect as regards retirement in a way that is similar or identical to the law on internal affairs, regulating more specifically the service in the army and the rights of the president of the Republic of Macedonia and his family upon the end of his term. From an ethical point of view, on the other hand, this concerns the fate of those who bore the brunt of Macedonia’s independence,” said Tihomir Klimoski, president of the police force union.