 The monument was part of the controversial project Skopje 2014, and was sharply criticized by the media of Macedonia (now known as North Macedonia), with Kyoseto declared a terrorist and mass executioner.In February 2018, the monument was dismantled as one of the most disputed of the Skopje 2014 project.This was the first step in the successive removal of monuments from the Project, a decision taken in the autumn of 2017 by the new government of the country.