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Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)The law on the use of ethnic communities' languages will be revised, given the Venice Commission's assessment. Thus has Northern Macedonia Prime Minister Zoran Zaev warned by commenting on the Venice Commission's opinion, which on Friday came up with a series of remarks concerning the contents of this law, which even in the [...] phase.
The law on the use of ethnic communities' languages will be revised, given the Venice Commission's assessment. Thus has Northern Macedonia Prime Minister Zoran Zaev warned by commenting on the Venice Commission's opinion, which on Friday came up with a series of remarks concerning the content of this law, which even in the adoption phase had triggered numerous tensions and reactions in northern Macedonia.
Zaev said there will be changes in the part dealing with the use of Albanian language in the judiciary, so as to avoid situations that endanger other rights and allow the right to use the native language.
The Venice Commission has found that the contents of the law could significantly slow down the functioning of the entire judiciary, jeopardising serious violations of the right to fair judgment, guaranteed with the international Convention on Human Rights.
The “The persons are for people to be understood among themselves, we have come up with a legal solution, but even then, when we argued in the assembly and after his adoption we said we would expect the Venice Commission and respect the assessment, so my goal is to respect the Venice Commission. The justice ministry will prepare the changes and we will send them back for approval to the assembly, in line with the Venice Commission's assessments”, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev has declared.
Opposition V Party MRO- The DPMNE, which has been declared against the Law on Language, requires that the Venice Commission's stance be respected, which according to this party “affirmed the remarks and criticism that citizens and VMRO- The DPMNE had them at the time of the law's adoption”.
The Venice Commission's “Position should be respected, especially since we are a country aimed at membership in the European Union”, VMRO-DPMNE response said.
The Democratic Union for Integration (BDI) has said that the Venice Commission has entirely supported our policies for linguistic equality”, without commenting on the commission's remarks.
The Venice Commission also recommended that the obligation to use the Albanian language in interinstitative and internal communication between administrative and civil servants be limited to official written communication or its implementation in force postponed until the proper implementation of that provision is acceptable.
The law on the use of languages that advanced the official use of Albanian has been adopted on March 14th of 2018, but its entry into force has dragged on for a long time since the former president, Gjorge Ivanov, refused his decree.
The law, which is in force, envisions the use of Albanian in government, assembly, judicial bodies and public administration. Even inscriptions of all institutions at the central level are in two languages, while the local Albanian language will be used in all municipalities where more than 20 percent of the population speak Albanian.
