About 250 Albanian intellectuals, including university professors, signed the open letter addressed to the Constitutional Court before the upcoming session where the constitutionality of the Law on the Use of Languages ​​will be debated, in which they ask the Court not to abolish the official use of the Albanian language.

In the letter, we express hope that the constitutional judges will not allow the realization of scenarios that hurt the feelings of every Albanian citizen.

Such a procedure would undermine the confidence of the citizens, especially the Albanians, in the functioning of the institution that you represent and which is expected to make decisions independently, according to its own convictions, based on the Constitution and laws, and not according to political influences, from any side they were coming. We remind the broad public opinion and you, respected judges, that the previous work of the Constitutional Court caused tensions and dissatisfaction, whenever it made unilateral and arbitrary decisions, which led to serious consequences on inter-ethnic relations and violated the national rights of Albanians for equality and justice , implemented in an institutional manner, the letter states.

They recall the judgments of the Constitutional Court from 1997, which led to violent state intervention in municipalities led by legitimately elected Albanian mayors, which led to the tragic events in Gostivar, where there were also human casualties. As stated in the letter, the decisions of the Constitutional Court should not encourage dissatisfaction or the repetition of consequences and judgments with political motives, such as those mentioned above.

On this occasion, we express both our disagreement and our indignation regarding the decision to abolish the declaration of ethnic affiliation, with which we practically return to the time before the signing of the Ohrid Peace Agreement, because it eliminates the possibility of transferring fair and adequate representation, which is constitutional category and which enabled the inclusion of Albanians and other communities in the institutions. Any trend that aims, even in a sophisticated way, to change the character of the state and turn proper representation into just words on paper, undermines inter-ethnic cohesion and threatens mutual trust in our multi-ethnic state, it is said, among other things, in the open letter to the Constitutional Court.