After the scandal broke, she characterised it as "verbal terrorism by the opposition", while then-Prime Minister Ljubco Georgievski called it an "inflated bubble".
Dupa izbucnirea scandalului, ea l-a caracterizat drept "terorism verbal din partea opozitiei" in vreme ce pe atunci premierul Liubo Georgievski l-a numit "o gogoasa umflata".