The hearing on the Law on Languages ​​in North Macedonia is postponed

2024-12-11 12:00:55Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
The hearing on the Law on Languages ​​in North Macedonia is postponed
Constitutional Court of North Macedonia

The Constitutional Court of North Macedonia has decided to postpone the hearing on the Law on Languages ​​to an unspecified date.

This session, the date of which will be decided, is expected to be attended by experts in the field and representatives of political parties, who will present their arguments regarding the contestation of the Law on Languages.

The proposal to postpone the hearing was made by the Constitutional Court judge Elizabeta Dukovska, who is responsible for this case. Judge Dobrilla Kacarska opposed this decision, emphasizing that the court should be the one to give the final word.

The Law on Languages ​​provides for the expanded use of the Albanian language and specifically mentions it in Article 2.

The session at the Constitutional Court to review the Law on Languages ​​began with the absence of two Albanian judges, Osman Kadriu and Naser Ajdari, boycotting the process.

Through the boycott, Kadriu and Ajdari aim to block the initiation of the procedure for this law. This is related to a conclusion adopted by the Constitutional Court during 2022 and 2023, which requires the unanimous participation of all members for procedures related to the Law on Languages, the Prespa Agreement and the Law on Electronic Communications.

On Tuesday, the First Deputy Prime Minister of North Macedonia, Izet Mexhiti, who comes from the Albanian coalition VALEN, assured during a press conference that the Law on Languages ​​"will not be affected."

"We, as vlen, said that the law will not be affected, the Constitutional Court confirmed this. A document has been released that neither the Law on Languages ​​nor the official use of the Albanian language will be affected. The Prime Minister and the Head of State said the same thing," declared Mexhiti.

Earlier, last week, Mexhiti had announced that Albanian judges on the Constitutional Court would boycott the December 11 session, and with this, according to him, "the decision could not have legitimacy."

"The president has also declared that all judges must participate and if someone is absent, then the decision has no legitimacy," Mexhiti said on December 6.

Which document is this?

According to a recently published document, prepared by a constitutional judge, it states that "the Constitutional Court should not initiate the procedure for assessing the constitutionality of the Law on the Use of Languages".


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