Given its strong ties to the former ruling VMRO-DPMNE party, Western officials and opposition politicians alike charged that former Prime Minister Ljubco Georgievski's government had used the Lions for its own political goals.
Date find stransele legaturi ale unitatii cu VMRO-DPMNE, partidul aflat anterior la guvernare, oficiali occidentali si politicieni ai opozitiei au acuzat fostul cabinet condus de premierul Liubco Georgievski ca s-ar fi folosit de Lei pentru indeplinirea propriilor scopuri politice.