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Shkruar nga PamfletiThe hooligans' shouts in the hall were made in the presence of Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski, Deputy Prime Minister Ivan Stoilkovic, Minister of Interior Pance Toshkovski and the Mayor of Kumanovo, Maksim Dimitrievski, while the Albanian Prime Minister has kept his mouth shut about the scandal.
Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani and MPs from parties that were in opposition last term have reacted harshly after anti-Albanian chants during a basketball match between North Macedonia and Romania, held in Kumanovo on August 2.
On Monday, Kosovo's president, Vjosa Osmani, said that anti-Albanian chants heard in Kumanovo are unacceptable and "violate the spirit of coexistence and mutual respect."
"Albanians are an indigenous people in their own lands and deserve to be treated with dignity and equality, just like any other community," said Osmani.
The President of Kosovo demanded that the Macedonian state act and punish those who incite hatred.
"We call on the institutions of North Macedonia to take immediate measures against the organizers of these calls, those responsible, and those who incite and spread hatred, condemning every form of hate speech, and protecting the principles of coexistence and tolerance, as basic values of a state aiming for EU integration," said Osmani.
"Even more worrying is the fact that the highest state officials in Skopje have not reacted to this hateful and exclusionary language, leaving room for rhetoric that undermines the interethnic tolerance and harmony that the country aims to build on its path towards the European family."
A day ago, Artan Behrami from the Democratic Party of Kosovo criticized the lack of reaction of the acting Prime Minister, Albin Kurti, the acting Minister of Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Donika Gërvalla, but also of the president.
"Hristijan Mickoski has become the Prime Minister of North Macedonia with the blessing and vote that Albin Kurti brought him directly through the VELEN coalition," Behrami wrote on Facebook, adding that "Kurti's silence is more than indifference - it is political and moral complicity."
Following public pressure and media reaction, the Macedonian Prime Minister, Hristijan Mickoski, who was present in the hall, also reacted.
The hooligans' shouts in the hall were made in the presence of Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski, Deputy Prime Minister Ivan Stoilkovic, Minister of Interior Pance Toshkovski and the Mayor of Kumanovo, Maksim Dimitrievski.
He says he condemned the calls, calling them unacceptable and stressing that they came from a small group of people. In a statement on August 4, Mickoski called on all fans to support the national team in a sporting manner and without incitement to hatred.
“I want to use this opportunity to join in condemning nationalism and xenophobia – especially what happened during the match in Kumanovo,” he said. Mickoski also announced that calls against Albanians will be investigated and sanctioned, regardless of their source. The prosecutor's office has launched an investigation into the incident.
Meanwhile, you still have no reaction from Prime Minister Edi Rama, who finds time for all kinds of posts on social networks, but not for calls against his people from his northeastern neighbors.
The Criminal Code of North Macedonia provides for sentences of 1 to 5 years for anyone who publicly incites or spreads hatred, discord or intolerance on racial, religious, ethnic or national grounds.
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