Halil Snopçe: We left the Government after VMRO-DPMNE began violating the interests of Albanians

Halil Snopçe, an MP from the Alliance for Albanians in the Assembly of North Macedonia, was the next guest on the PodGo program on Telegrafi Macedonia, where he spoke about the Alliance for Albanians, VLEN, and developments in the Government.

According to Snopçe, the Alliance for Albanians’ union with VLEN did not fulfill its intended goal, although, as he said, change was achieved by sending DUI into opposition.

“Our aim was to change the status quo. DUI had been in power for 20 years and young people had lost hope, which is why this major migration happened. We were the ones who brought down Gruevski, the three MPs of the Alliance for Albanians. Even though we did not manage to achieve our goal, after a short time we left the Government,” he said.

Snopçe said the problem emerged during the period when they were in power, when they decided to join the Albanian opposition with the idea of bringing in a new political lineup and with the conviction that things would develop differently.

“The change did not come. It was a movement that restored hope to the citizens. We sent DUI into opposition. But the agreement we made with VMRO-DPMNE and Mickoski was not implemented. In fact, that dogma of ‘Macedonia of the Macedonians’ became even more apparent, and the trampling and campaign against Albanians began. VMRO-DPMNE started behaving like a dominant force. I was the first to say that if the trampling of Albanian interests continues, we will leave the government,” Snopçe said.

Regarding the possibility of new parliamentary elections, he said that everything depends on Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski.

“This issue depends on Hristijan Mickoski. He has the numbers. But he says there will be no constitutional changes. I think he will call elections, since this is his last mandate and he cannot maintain this party rating. I think there should be elections for many reasons. We have an economic crisis, we have debts, and he will keep this party rating. In my opinion, by the end of the year we will have a technical government, while in the spring of next year there will be elections,” Snopçe said, adding that the agreement with AKI will continue further as well, in case there are new early elections./Telegrafi/