Gashi: Northern Macedonia's fast EU integration remains our top priority as state

The rapid integration of Northern Macedonia into the European Union remains our priority as a state, but also of representatives of Albanian political parties, says the new chairman of the Northern Macedonia Assembly, Africa Gashi. According to him, dialogue is needed with all sides, both inside and abroad, first of all with [...]
According to him, dialogue is needed with all sides, both inside and abroad, primarily with neighboring states.
For constitutional changes, needed for the inclusion of the Bulgarian minority in its prembula, two-thirds of the vote is needed, which Gashi says parties that will form the new Government will manage to ensure and then have a “debate to remove this political problem from the table”.
He says that with the opening of constitutional changes, he will commit to resolving also the status of the Albanian language in the Constitution, which is defined as the language of “20 per cent of the population.
He's in the interview for REL It also reacted to claims by the Left Party, which accused the V coalition LEN and VMRO DPMNE for “ovarisation” of the Northern Macedonia Assembly.
I think the dictionary used that day was more of a theatre performance for rising tensions and attracting attention”Gashi says.
You can't ask for votes from all communities and then be called to the legitimacy of Albanians”, Gashi says regarding DUI claims that the legitimacy of the Albanian vote has been violated.
He says that as Speaker of the Parliament, he will be open to co-operation with all parties and that he will respect all their positions in order to strengthen parliamentary democracy in the country.












