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even more endurable is the fact that it
is supported by the most relevant (and
legitimate) representatives of the
main ethnic communities (the political
parties of Georgievski, Imeri,
Crvenkovski, Dzhaferi); that it is
achieved with the help of the most
relevant global factors (EU, USA,
NATO) and is being implemented
under their surveillance. Finally, it
was accepted by the members of
NLA, as well, which is also a very
important element in favor of my theses.
Nevertheless, there are still those
ones that are making some other plan,
but whose hands are fortunately tied
at this time. Because, if one tries to
harm the Ohrid agreement, in which
the relevant foreign and domestic factors
have put a lot of energy and
efforts, one would be taking a great
risk.
These are my evidences.
I will start with the Albanians. It
is not in their interest to harm the
Ohrid agreement and to pronounce
themselves guilty, which will turn
them against the international community.
Even the most extreme force,
that doesn't agree with Dzhaferi,
Imeri and Ahmeti's platform, wouldn't
create an image like this one for its
own people. I think that even this
coordinative body, formed by the
political subjects together with the
political leader of the ex NLA, is
sharing the same goal: to implement
the agreement after which the members
of the NLA would be reintegrated
in the social life. With its fieldwork,
this body would influence the
decrease of the tension and dissatisfaction
and the possible extreme incidents
made by small groups or individuals
with "big plans". I think that
the Albanians are most of all aware
and familiar with the meaning of the
cooperation with the international
factor, on one side or being against
all, on the other. They have learned
that from the experience that the
Serbs had believing and blindly following
their leader Slobodan
Miloshevich. Consequently, if the
Albanians initiate an aggression of
that kind, the main reasons for it
would be gaining territories and not
gaining rights. And which one of the
foreign factors would stand behind
them and support them in their intention?
And have Macedonians learn
their lesson? I believe that even the
ones that are in a war mood manifest
their extremism only in a verbal way.
They do prepare for a spring aggression,
but for an election one.
Concerning the elections, they should
be presented in a different light,
because, as it was noticed by one
author: the citizens would hardly ever
trust the promises for $1 billion,
thousands of employments, higher
pensions, and standard…. They have
only left one chance: to warn about a
danger, to proclaim themselves the
only guardians of our country…, so
they could attract more people and
increase their electing body. Those
are the speeches made during an election
year, when everybody wanders
whether the people will praise their
deeds once again.
Of course, the suspicion would be
confirmed, if the media has so far
realized so much commercials and
publishing announcing the spring
aggression. Maps of some big and
some small countries, borders of this
and that kind, different conspiracies
for dissection, were being mentioned,
so it can be said that this could be a
part of some strategy of the power
centers. If the conflicted sides want to
follow that line, even if their chances
are bigger than last year
and if there is a real strategy,
the international factor
would have allowed
it. Supposedly, it is of
someone's interest the
things to go that way?
Would the involved sides
achieve their goals? The
Albanian side would certainly
not! What would
be the use of it, if thee
lose Skopje and
Kumanovo with one
third of the Albanian
population? And those
who do not believe in the
coexistence with the
Albanians and think that we should
solve the clashes about the
Macedonian interests once and for all.
Even if that becomes the final solution,
they are not convinced that their
people would allow them to join others.
Therefore, they all seriously
approach the message from Brussels
that was directed towards the most
aggressive ones: you have an agreement,
implement it! And nothing else.
That would help the things to go
back as they used to be.
(The author is a writer
and a journalist in
the newspaper "Flaka")
Will there be peace?, February 2002