
The head of the PDIU, Shpëtim Idrizi, described the census, which started on September 18, as dangerous, due to the declaration of ethnicity.
In the show "The Unexposed" on MCN TV, Idrizi said that with the definition of minorities that Albania has, if there are 20 percent of a minority in an area, they automatically benefit from the language, the flag, the signs. According to him, the risk is great for areas such as Himara. Idrizi said that only 365 people who come by bus from Greece are needed for Himara to be declared a minority area and to benefit from the language, flag and signs in Greek.
Idrizi also published the Greek government's decision of 2015, which defined minority villages and areas in Albania. According to the document brought by Idrizi, Greece claims that there are 108 such areas and they have facilities for obtaining passports, pensions, etc.
Studio chat:
Shpëtim Idrizi : The Government of Albania with the greatest ease takes out nine minorities when half of Albania is abroad. Albania has given the definition that in an area where there are 20 percent of this minority, they automatically benefit from the language, the flag, the signs. Who is at risk now? On the BalkanInsight site, Greeks appear in Albania, 0.9 percent, the CIA site has 1 percent Greeks. Even our census showed 1 percent. The problem is that if 20 percent come out in an administrative unit, they automatically, according to the Albanian law, which is the only one in the world, they have the right to demand the two languages, the flag, the signs. If in the area of Himara from 11 to 15 percent in the last census, they are very close to 20 percent. 365 people are needed. 1200 came for the election.
Ylli Rakipi : So with six buses it becomes a minority.
Shpëtim Idrizi : This is a Greek government decision from 2015, which defines minority villages and areas in Albania.
Ylli Rakipi : Does Greece assign these? How much has he decided?
Shpëtim Idrizi : Let me read them: Narta, Zvrneci, Himare municipality...
Ylli Rakipi : How many are there in total?
Shpetim Idrizi : There are 108.
Ylli Rakipi : How much?! Declare 108 minority areas here, our leader flees there and arranges the affairs of Russia and Ukraine at the UN...
Shpëtim Idrizi : What effect does this decision have from 2015 because it says: All those Albanian villages that are in this government decision have the facility to get passports, pensions and uniforms. Now when the ethnic census is on, this risk is optimal, because Albania, unlike other countries, has made a mistake. In the law on ethnic minorities there are 9. Article 7 states: The data on ethnic minorities are in the right of self-identification of these persons and in the civil status documentation. The second risk is in the area of Konispoli, where Xarra and Mursia had a Greek presence, but in the last census we got 27 percent.
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