[NYC-L] Fwd: RE: Macedonian web site.........

[Imer Berisha]

>From: "John Micgiel" <jsm6 at columbia.edu>
>To: "Imer Berisha" <imerprishtina at hotmail.com>
>Subject: RE: Macedonian web site.........
>Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 12:48:17 -0500
>
>Dear Mr. Berisha:
>
>	Thanks for your comment.  I've forwarded it to the President's Office in
>Skoplje.  Best, JM
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Imer Berisha [mailto:imerprishtina at hotmail.com]
>Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 5:43 PM
>To: jsm6 at columbia.edu
>Subject: Macedonian web site.........
>
>
>
>Original message sent by Brad Joseph:
>_______________________________________________________
>Dear Professor Micgiel:
>
>The President of Macedonia, Boris Trajkovski, announces the opening of his
>bi-lingual web site. The web site will promote two-way communication 
>between
>the public, journalist, scholars and leading decision makers. If you have
>any specific questions or need to be informed about the latest development
>in Macedonia, please access www.president.gov.mk .
>
>
>Brad Joseph
>________________________________________________________
>
>
>Dear Prof. Micgiel and others,
>
>As I come across this information about the web site of the Macedonian
>President, I had some doubts about it and visited the site.
>
>I have to say, unfortunately my doubts were justified.
>
>The web site is only in Macedonian an English.
>
>What about Albanian language and the need of Macedonian President to
>communicate with Albanian people in Macedonia.  Or seems to me that
>Macedonian President is more interested to sell his story to the media than
>to tackle issues that have been neglected for decades. There was and there
>is still great unhappiness and deep dissatisfaction of Albanians in
>Macedonia and this is one of the reasons why there are Macedonian Albanians
>(not from Kosova) fighting in the hills of Macedonia.
>
>The guerillas agenda is the same as of Albanian Political Parties in
>Macedonia that achieved nothing during endless negotiations within
>Macedonian official political structure in the last decade.
>
>
>As a Professor you would understand the importance of the education and in
>this respect of the University.
>
>This people on the hills are fighting for the University in Albanian
>language to be recognized. They have other demands that can be summarized 
>as
>asking for equality within Macedonia.
>
>They have stated they accept the Sovereignty of Macedonia and want to be a
>part of it.
>
>Albanians in Macedonia are between 30 and 40%
>(no precise figure is accepted by either side as there were manipulations
>reported during the census).
>
>NLA National Liberation Army has demanded a census to be carried out
>under the supervision of an international body.
>
>All this demands are very well known to Macedonian Government but they were
>never accepted when brought forward by Albanian Political Parties.
>
>Of course I do not support the violence.
>I just want to point to the discrimination that went on for so long in
>Macedonia as a fertile ground for unhappy people that will choose to fight
>among other things, for the right to education.
>
>For Macedonian President to launch a web site only in Macedonian and 
>English
>I don't think is a great achievement.
>
>It is only one more fact of Macedonia's stance not to allow Albanians to
>participate equally in running the country and to deny them their civic
>rights.
>
>If the above mentioned problems are solved by negotiating with Albanian
>representatives, Macedonia has nothing to fear for its future. Otherwise I
>believe that ignoring the situation and pretending that everything was fine
>for last 50 years, will just draw more Albanians in Macedonia on the
>rebel(NLA) side and this could than become a real danger for all in the
>region but first for Macedonia.
>
>Imer Berisha
>Cleveland
>Ohio
>
>
>
>
>
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