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Persecution of Serbs hate scandalous billboards all over Skopje , people in fear
In recent days in Skopje appeared billboards with clear anti-Serb messages that read " Stop the Serbian assimilation of the Macedonian nation " . The campaign of spreading hatred towards the Serbs launched a far-right political party VMRO - NP ( Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization - People's Party ) .
The whole chase was launched first on Facebook, under the slogan " We want to hear Macedonian music , not Serbian kitsch " , soon grew into more than worrying messages that promote intolerance towards Serbs and Serbia .
Shortly after the appearance of billboards around Skopje , page on the social network is turned off , which further contributes to the opinion that the " Serbian music " was just a cheap excuse to spread hatred and animosity towards Serbs .
The city municipality of the city of Skopje say that " it is not their jurisdiction , because the city of Skopje issued only location for the billboard , and has nothing to do with the messages " .
From the municipality added that " jurisdiction over the messages they have sole purchaser and the company publishing billboards , and they decide what to advertise and what is not ."
Advertising space on the controversial billboards owned by the company under the name
" Aksent media " . However , none of the employees in this company was not available for comment .
On the other hand , the Ministry unurašnjih Affairs stated that they " have no jurisdiction until such time until they receive complaints from citizens " .
- The Ministry may act only if some of the citizens of Skopje invoke Section 319 of the Criminal Code , which refers to the spreading of religious , racial and national hatred and report these messages as disturbing - said Mary Jakolevska , spokesman for the Macedonian Ministry of Interior , and She added that so far there were no cases charges for insulting messages in public places .
How to 3 % can " assimilate " the most ?
The paradox is that the Serbs in Macedonia , at least according to the latest census, there are only 3 % . In Skopje lives are just over 10,000 .
One of them is Milan S. , who has been living and working in the Macedonian capital . Revolted hate messages that have arisen on billboards , photographed them and sent to the Editorial Board of "Blic " .
- I am a Serb who lives and works in Macedonia for 9 years , and so far I have not experienced anything like this . I have no words . I caught . This was commissioned by the VMRO - NP , a party that is now in the opposition , which was founded by Ljupco Georgievski , former Prime Minister of Macedonia . Personally I photographed this billboard in Iljindenskoj street , only 500 meters from the government building and the stadium Philip II - said Milan , not hiding the fact that he was very unpleasantly surprised .
Milan's fellow citizen Dragica P. , also a Serb woman for 15 years lives in Skopje , says the VMRO - NP since its establishment in 2004 represented the far-right and nationalist views .
- The party in 2004 seceded from the now ruling VMRO-DPMNE . Fortunately , they do not have a large number of like-minded , and to my knowledge , in the last elections were won by barely 2 % . However , not all the same when you see this message , I felt more than upset - says Dragica P. for " Blic " .
VMRO - NP : This is a campaign against " srbofila from the authorities "
After the public reaction to the messages that openly promote hatred towards everything that is Serbian , and spoke to the party that stands in this campaign .
VMRO - NP issued a statement that abounds contradictory and " loose " explanations .
The party states that " their campaign is not directed against Serbs and Serbia , but against the collapsing of the Macedonian national identity . "
In the next paragraph, it says that the billboards are directed against " Macedonian srbofila who are in power."
After these statements , common sense suggests that the whole chase with billboards still directed against Serbs and Serbian " influence " by the fact that the Macedonian government has characterized as " srbofilska " .
As much as this party was on the margins of the political scene in Macedonia , and its impact on public opinion extremely minor , surprisingly negative attitude towards the Serbian population and its " impact " leaves a bitter taste in the mouth of every Serb who lives and works in Macedonia .
Who is behind the VMRO - NP ?
VMRO - NP ( Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation - Naodna Party) was formed on July 4, 2004 . He is the founder Ljubco Georgievski , who after a failed takeover of the party VMRO - DPMNE party of Nikola Gruevski decided to establish his party . With Acting President Georgievski has set relatively unknown Vesna Janeska , while he considered to be " unofficial party leader " .
In the elections of 2006, winning 6.1 % of the vote , which is also their best result in history . After that , the party falls into crisis and from year to year has less and less support from voters , and now on the margins of the political scene in Macedonia , with only 2:51 % of the vote in the last election .
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In recent days in Skopje appeared billboards with clear anti-Serb messages that read " Stop the Serbian assimilation of the Macedonian nation " . The campaign of spreading hatred towards the Serbs launched a far-right political party VMRO - NP ( Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization - People's Party ) .
The whole chase was launched first on Facebook, under the slogan " We want to hear Macedonian music , not Serbian kitsch " , soon grew into more than worrying messages that promote intolerance towards Serbs and Serbia .
Shortly after the appearance of billboards around Skopje , page on the social network is turned off , which further contributes to the opinion that the " Serbian music " was just a cheap excuse to spread hatred and animosity towards Serbs .
The city municipality of the city of Skopje say that " it is not their jurisdiction , because the city of Skopje issued only location for the billboard , and has nothing to do with the messages " .
From the municipality added that " jurisdiction over the messages they have sole purchaser and the company publishing billboards , and they decide what to advertise and what is not ."
Advertising space on the controversial billboards owned by the company under the name
" Aksent media " . However , none of the employees in this company was not available for comment .
On the other hand , the Ministry unurašnjih Affairs stated that they " have no jurisdiction until such time until they receive complaints from citizens " .
- The Ministry may act only if some of the citizens of Skopje invoke Section 319 of the Criminal Code , which refers to the spreading of religious , racial and national hatred and report these messages as disturbing - said Mary Jakolevska , spokesman for the Macedonian Ministry of Interior , and She added that so far there were no cases charges for insulting messages in public places .
How to 3 % can " assimilate " the most ?
The paradox is that the Serbs in Macedonia , at least according to the latest census, there are only 3 % . In Skopje lives are just over 10,000 .
One of them is Milan S. , who has been living and working in the Macedonian capital . Revolted hate messages that have arisen on billboards , photographed them and sent to the Editorial Board of "Blic " .
- I am a Serb who lives and works in Macedonia for 9 years , and so far I have not experienced anything like this . I have no words . I caught . This was commissioned by the VMRO - NP , a party that is now in the opposition , which was founded by Ljupco Georgievski , former Prime Minister of Macedonia . Personally I photographed this billboard in Iljindenskoj street , only 500 meters from the government building and the stadium Philip II - said Milan , not hiding the fact that he was very unpleasantly surprised .
Milan's fellow citizen Dragica P. , also a Serb woman for 15 years lives in Skopje , says the VMRO - NP since its establishment in 2004 represented the far-right and nationalist views .
- The party in 2004 seceded from the now ruling VMRO-DPMNE . Fortunately , they do not have a large number of like-minded , and to my knowledge , in the last elections were won by barely 2 % . However , not all the same when you see this message , I felt more than upset - says Dragica P. for " Blic " .
VMRO - NP : This is a campaign against " srbofila from the authorities "
After the public reaction to the messages that openly promote hatred towards everything that is Serbian , and spoke to the party that stands in this campaign .
VMRO - NP issued a statement that abounds contradictory and " loose " explanations .
The party states that " their campaign is not directed against Serbs and Serbia , but against the collapsing of the Macedonian national identity . "
In the next paragraph, it says that the billboards are directed against " Macedonian srbofila who are in power."
After these statements , common sense suggests that the whole chase with billboards still directed against Serbs and Serbian " influence " by the fact that the Macedonian government has characterized as " srbofilska " .
As much as this party was on the margins of the political scene in Macedonia , and its impact on public opinion extremely minor , surprisingly negative attitude towards the Serbian population and its " impact " leaves a bitter taste in the mouth of every Serb who lives and works in Macedonia .
Who is behind the VMRO - NP ?
VMRO - NP ( Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation - Naodna Party) was formed on July 4, 2004 . He is the founder Ljubco Georgievski , who after a failed takeover of the party VMRO - DPMNE party of Nikola Gruevski decided to establish his party . With Acting President Georgievski has set relatively unknown Vesna Janeska , while he considered to be " unofficial party leader " .
In the elections of 2006, winning 6.1 % of the vote , which is also their best result in history . After that , the party falls into crisis and from year to year has less and less support from voters , and now on the margins of the political scene in Macedonia , with only 2:51 % of the vote in the last election .
Another english article appears here:
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