Parliamentary speaker, Talat Xhaferi has opened today’s session in parliament in the Albanian language, as the law on languages stipulates.

However, the largest opposition party, VMRO-DPMNE has objected to this and has left the proceedings.

“This is a violation of Constitution. This is being done ahead of the elections for some extra votes”, says Nikola Micevski, VMRO-DPMNE’s parliamentary group coordinator.

However, parliamentary speaker Xhaferi has dismissed the opposition’s claim.

“The law is in power and it’s being applied. This is not a case of breach of the regulation”, Xhaferi said.

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