So if Albanians have no problems speaking Macedonian, and can speak well and understand it, what's the purpose of the law? It was sold as "to ease communication" between Albanians and the state government, but if they can already speak Macedonian, what's the problem?
The idea is that Albanians feel as though the state isn't foreign.. but they are just as important and included as Macedonians when it comes to the use of our mother tongue!
Most European countries which have a mixed ethinc make up have dual or multiple official languages as the norm as a form of respect for the citizens who make up the country..
Albanians in areas where they are 1% or 5% or 10% will do so, and they will not be able to be refused if they speak in Albanian. More tax money wasted providing services to Albanians in Albanian when they can already speak Macedonian, as you already acknowledged...so why?
So your saying I'm places like Bitola where Albanians are around 5% of the region they shouldn't be provided official use?
Ok then would you say the same for the Macedonians of Mala Prespa who make up about 5% of the Korca region? Who have official Macedonian language use status!
Should it be taken away because there are only 5000 or so of them and they make up as small percentage of the ooverall population of the region..?
But define where they don't "historically" live...because there are a lot of places in Macedonia that they have been in the past several decades where they haven't historically been.
And let's not kid ourselves -- coming from northwestern region of Macedonia that K(N)LA surrounded, cut water and blocked essential services to, and kidnapped and beat dozens of villagers in order to intimidate them to leave the area, I have all the proof I need to know that Albanians want to go into areas that they've never "historically" been in.*
There is nothing more than the extremists (who aren't a small number) in your ethnic clan would like to do than have Albanians be in the majority in all municipalities from Struga to the outskirts of Skopje. And they've proved that they would use violence to do so -- using the law to do so isn't that far of a stretch, no?
There is nothing more than the extremists (who aren't a small number) in your ethnic clan would like to do than have Albanians be in the majority in all municipalities from Struga to the outskirts of Skopje. And they've proved that they would use violence to do so -- using the law to do so isn't that far of a stretch, no?
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