[1] On 9 December 2008, Bučkovski was found guilty of abuse of power while serving as defence minister during an armed conflict in 2001 and sentenced to three and a half years in jail.

On the same day, he was assigned a mandate for a composition of a new Government, following the resignation of former Prime Minister Hari Kostov.

He served as prime minister until after the 2006 parliamentary elections, in which his party had a disappointing performance and a new government took office.

Sobranie delegates belonging to parties in Macedonia's centre-right ruling coalition voted on August 20, 2007, to strip former premier Bučkovski of his immunity from prosecution.

[4] On December 9, 2008, Bučkovski was found guilty of illegally purchasing excessive quantities of tank parts during the armed conflict in 2001 by Judge Vangelica and sentenced to three and a half years in jail.