If the new census proves that Albanians are under 20% in municipalities where they were upto now listed as 25% or above, do you think the Macedonian government will remove the special rights that Albanians have enjoyed under the Ohrid FA?
In my opinion, I doubt that the government will change anything. When those special rights were put into place, it was like they were set in stone. For example, the government has been investing a lot of resources in making Skopje bilingual, a city where Albanians just barely made the 20% mark in the last census. If their numbers drop in this next census, is the government actually going to remove the Albanian signage from streets, or cancel other services offered in the Albanian language? I just don't see it happening, largely because they fear the reaction of the Albanians. Just like how they've been letting the Albanians build hundreds of mosques without any proper documentation or permits so that they preserve the "ethnic harmony" between Macedonians and Albanians.
In my opinion, I doubt that the government will change anything. When those special rights were put into place, it was like they were set in stone. For example, the government has been investing a lot of resources in making Skopje bilingual, a city where Albanians just barely made the 20% mark in the last census. If their numbers drop in this next census, is the government actually going to remove the Albanian signage from streets, or cancel other services offered in the Albanian language? I just don't see it happening, largely because they fear the reaction of the Albanians. Just like how they've been letting the Albanians build hundreds of mosques without any proper documentation or permits so that they preserve the "ethnic harmony" between Macedonians and Albanians.
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