AF will ask Spajić to fulfill demands related to the rights of Albanians: Ulcinj to be a city, Živanović to be dismissed...

The Albanian Forum (AF) will ask Prime Minister Milojko Spajić to fulfill a series of demands related to the rights of Albanians in Montenegro, and if this is not done within specific deadlines, the AF Presidency will decide on further steps, it was confirmed to Television Vijesti.

The leader of the Albanian Forum, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Development Nik Đeljošaj, told Television Vijesti that the presidency of that political alliance adopted a conclusion tasking him with informing Spajić of the demands and proposing specific deadlines for their implementation.

Đeljošaj said that the letter has not yet been officially sent, which is why he does not want to prejudge further decisions by the Albanian Forum, but that once the document is agreed upon and submitted to Spajić, the public will be informed in a timely manner.

The Albanian Forum will ask Spajić to grant Ulcinj city status and to remove the recently appointed director of the Secondary Mixed School in Ulcinj, Snežana Živanović, who Đeljošaj claims does not know the Albanian language, which is one of the requirements for a directorship in schools in minority communities.

They will also demand that coastal zone management be returned to coastal municipalities, that capital projects be implemented in minority communities, then authentic political representation of Albanians, free use of national symbols and the Albanian language, proportional representation of Albanians in institutions, division of property between Tuzi and Podgorica, and improvement of border crossings.

The Albanian Forum grew from a coalition into a single party this year.

They have two ministers in the government - Đeljošaj, who serves as Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Policy and Minister of Economic Development, and Maraš Dukaj, who is Minister of Public Administration.

They are represented in parliament by two members of parliament - Nikola Camaj, who is also the Vice President of the Assembly, and Artan Čobi.