by Gjyla Çeliku. Translation Petrit Latifi

“Multiethnic” Macedonia, 6 years after the independence of the state, massacred innocent Albanian citizens in the city of Gostivar, 3 killed, 135 injured, hundreds of citizens arrested, including the mayor of Gostivar and the leaders of the Tetovo Municipality. Tragedy with nationalism, hatred, anger and victims.

The cause of the police-military violence was the Albanian national flag that was placed in front of the municipal buildings in Gostivar and Tetovo as well as in other municipalities where Albanians dominated. The local municipal bodies brought the decision for the official use of the Albanian national flag in front of the municipal buildings. However, the decision to use the flag caused the immediate reaction of the Government of Macedonia led by Crvenkovski.

The Constitutional Court of Macedonia declared that this act “threatened the sovereignty of the state and demanded the removal of the Albanian national flag”, even though Albanians are the autochthonous people of Macedonia, a value that scares and drives the artificial crazy.

Today, on this day, I was not only reminded of history but also of the improvised candidacy of an Albanian prime minister who belongs to that time and I don’t know what he did at that time, who is also the ombudsman today. It was the time of spies.

The goal of the various systems and currents has been the murder, disappearance and displacement of Albanians, which is unfortunately still being realized today with the massive displacement of Albanians. No system of occupation could have been and will be successful without the help of our sold-out Albanians.

Those of you who feel pain, remember with your tears July 9 and the following days with “mass displacement”, you who brought us to this level will be rewarded with “black days”, a gift from the people. Our people know how to suffer, to sacrifice, but they fight to the end and with the canon of the sold out, they punish with their own hand with a vote.

I remember with pain all those who were sacrificed in the July 9 Tragedy in Gostivar and all the family members who still live with pain. I beg for the pure national spirit, so continue to remain proud today.