[ALST-L] Uniunea Albanezilor

[AHetzer]

Someone asked about the home page of Uniunea Albanezilor. Sorry, I could
not find any. But searching in Yahoo, I had 5 hits, two of them were
valuable. In 1996 (!) the Albanian Cultural Union in Romania gained
8,357 votes in the elections for the Parliament (Camera Deputetilor), i.
e. 0,07 %. According to the Romanian election law, this seems to be
sufficient to get a seat. The number of votes, of course, does not mean
that there are only 8,000 Albanian people in Romania. However, that
number, compared with that of other minorities in Romania, shows
proportions of organization and influence. 

In Istanbul I have found a similar association (Turk-Arnavut yardimlasma
dernegi), but it does not play any role in parliamentary life, of
course. The constitutions of Turkey and Romania are too different. 

Kind regards
AHetzer

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