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Languages Law passed in Parliament |
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Saturday, 26 July 2008 |
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Using the Badenter principles, the Parliament had passed the use of languages law that will touch all ethnicties in Macedonia.
According to sources from VMRO, the language law is in accordance with
the Constitution, the Framework Agreement and VMRO's principles.
The law doesn't allow for use of Albanian or any other minority
language as a second official language on Macedonia's territory. The
presidents of Parliamentary Commissions may speak Albanian.
Inside Parliament, the members of ethnic minorities can get materials and documents in Macedonian and their native language. If a minority is over 20% in a given municipality, besides Macedonian,
they could get answers to their questions in their mother tongue.
The Police and Army Command and Control will use only the Macedonian
language. Government Ministers, no matter what ethnicities they belong
to will correspond only Macedonian.
Parliamentary sessions to be held only in Macedonian.
The villages of Zajas, Drugovo, Vranestica will join Kicevo in 2012.
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