TURIN, ITALY – During the Turquoise Carpet, the young artist โthrewโ the flag of her country on the ground in order to take the picture and show her entire outfit. In fact, all the artists have also removed/hidden the flag, as requested by the photographers. It should also be added that Andrea initially took several photos with the Macedonian flag in his hand, and then โabandoned itโ at her request.
The broadcaster strongly condemns the gesture of our representative, Andrea, at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 who threw the state flag on the ground during the photoshoot in Turin.
“The public broadcaster is in no way behind this scandalous behaviour of our representative who with that gesture showed disrespect for the national symbol, punishable by law. MRT expects Andrea to apologize to the citizens for this behaviour. Public service is considering her withdrawal from Eurovision, although care will be taken not to cause further harm to MRT. All legal possibilities for the most severe sanction of this scandal will be taken against the leaders of the Macedonian delegation.”
Andrea’s apologies promptly arrive via Macedonian social channels,
“The journalists asked to take a picture without the flag and I didn’t mean to insult my country”.
A video of her action at today's opening ceremony, which has been described as "defiling a national symbol", punishable by North Macedonian law. pic.twitter.com/d4Yqja6f3h
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