9 minutes agoCell: New government didn't change anything for Macedonia Albanians
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)The change of government in Macedonia has not changed the position of Albanians living there. In fact, Albanians live in monosmia for 16 years in Macedonia. So says Alliance for Albanians and MP in the Macedonian Parliament, Ziadin Sela, under which unfortunately the expectations Albanians have even with the new government do not [...]
In an interview for KosovaPress, MP Sela stresses that Albanians continue to be marginalised in Macedonia, even with the new government, because, according to him, there was no choice, where half of the government is new until the other old half.
The Sela says that in the government it continues to be an Albanian party, the DUI, of Ali Ahmeti, who has been part of Nikola Gruevski's governance problems, which for 16 years wins elections but does not change the position of Albanians in Macedonia.
The biggest promise in recent elections was the law on using Albanian as an official language, which led the prime minister, Zoran Zaev, to get the votes of Albanians, but the same has still not been functionalised and declared in the official newspaper.
For this, Sela says that while most of the government made them as the Alliance for Albanians who were part of the government, they conditioned Government on certain conditions and the law for use of Albanian language was passed.
The Sela also points out why the Alliance for Albanians was cleared of government, even though they knew the Albanian-language law had not yet become functional.
Citizens, according to him, are disappointed with this Government because even the prime minister's party vote, Zoran Zaev, has taken it to Albanians on promises of realising their rights. Although Sela says even disappointment in the two Albanian parties -- DPA DUI -- has led a number of votes to go to Zawi's LSDM.
The Sela has also cited the Albanians ' condemnation of the brave neighbourhood, which, according to him, were very high sentences of hundreds of years and that have never happened to have such high sentences in Macedonia. He even says that even in World War II, the Nazis have not received such high sentences.
The Alliance's leader for Albanians has also cited disagreements they have regarding the agreement with Greece, though he considers the resolution of the name dispute appropriate.
The Sela says they also have other language remarks because there is no mention of the Albanian language to be registered in the United Nations as official language but only Macedonian.
After reaching this agreement, Macedonia received an invitation from NATO to join this security mechanism. But Sela says this agreement is under conditions because the criteria of the agreement signed between the two countries must be met.
MP Sela has also commented on Prime Minister Zaev's visit to Kosovo, the first in Macedonian state history, saying Macedonia should preserve reports with its neighbours, especially with Kosovo, because there are 30 per cent of the Albanian autokton population within it.
