Besjan Rexhepi challenges new Justice Minister: Give the Jurisprudence exam in Albanian, enforce the law

Besjan Rexhepi, in his capacity as head of the Student Parliament at South East European University, has addressed a clear message to the newly appointed Minister of Justice, Jeton Shasivari, demanding the opportunity for the Jurisprudence exam to be taken in the Albanian language.

According to him, the arrival of a new head at the ministry should not arouse unjustified euphoria. Rexhepi emphasizes that students measure institutional leaders by their concrete actions and decisions, not by the position they hold or their origin.

He recalls the mobilization of students during the period when Igor Filkov headed the ministry, when protests were held in front of the institution building, aiming to open a dialogue and recognize the right to be tested in their mother tongue. According to Rexhepi, their demands were met with a wall of silence and indifference from the authorities.

“The former minister’s term will be remembered for unfulfilled promises and the lack of readiness to correct an injustice that directly harms students and their relationship with the state,” he emphasizes.

In his call to Minister Shasivari, Rexhepi stresses that young people’s trust is not won through words, but through genuine deeds.

“We are not asking for special favors. What we demand is equal treatment before the law, assessment of real abilities, and a system that does not exclude citizens because of language,” he declares.

Rexhepi points out that the Law on the Use of Languages is an existing reality and there is no room for new explanations or justifications; what is missing is simply its implementation.

Further in the reaction, he reiterates that students are a country’s most valuable capital and that every national achievement originates in university lecture halls, while adding that social harmony is built on tangible justice and equality, not on political rhetoric.

Concluding, the head of the SEEU Student Parliament calls this issue the first and most decisive test that the new Justice Minister will face.

“If you manage to rectify this injustice, you will be known as the minister who put the law before momentary calculations. Otherwise, you will remain just another name in the line of those who failed to resolve this knot,” Besjan Rexhepi concludes his message. He warns that the student body will not give up efforts to defend its right, meritocracy and dignity, until the demand for the Jurisprudence exam to be held in the Albanian language finds an irreversible solution.