There are more educated Roma in Albania, some of whom are also politically engaged. However, there is no Roma MP in the Albanian Parliament. Politicians visit Roma neighborhoods only to gain votes. The worries and fears of the Roma people are usually forgotten until the next elections.

The Roma NGO sector working on the side of the Roma, Egyptians and Ashkali fears for their future because your parliament will not have a representative to defend them. That means better housing, education and employment conditions.

That is why other politicians use that moment, during the elections they visit the Roma settlements, talk, promise, take photos. In fact, that is how they buy Roma votes, and then everything remains the same. So in their election campaigns they use them as decoration. Roma demand to be respected not only during the elections, but also after the elections.

By the way, out of the total number of inhabitants in Albania, which numbers 3 million, 20,000 are Roma.

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Regarding the ethnically motivated incidents in Kocani in which the target of radical structures is the Roma community, CIVIL sent questions to the Minister of Political System and Inter-Community Relations, Artan Grubi, who is also the first Deputy Prime Minister. An answer came from Grubi's Cabinet in which he said:

"We condemn the unfortunate isolated events on ethnic and any other grounds. The government's policies for an equal society of equal citizens have proven to be successful and this is reflected in the relations between all communities in the country, in order to build a cohesive society of all citizens integrated in NATO and the EU. For the isolated incidents, we call on the Ministry of Interior and the Public Prosecutor's Office to shed light on the case. For this case, we will get in touch and talk with the mayor of Kocani and local community leaders in order to contribute to full respect for the rights of all citizens in the country and to end discrimination on all grounds.

Answers to the questions are still expected from the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy, Darko Stojcevski, councilor from VMRO-DPMNE in the Municipality of Kocani and independent councilor Venko Krstvski who wrote "eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth" on his Facebook profile about the incidents.

Link: https://civilmedia.mk/kabinetot-na-grubi-vo-odgovor-na-tsivil-gi-osuduvame-nemilite-nastani-go-povikuvame-javnoto-obvinitelstvo-da-postapi/