Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Development Nik Đeljošaj today called on the Minister of Education, Science and Innovation Anđela Jakšić Stojanović not to hide behind the Ministry, committees and points.
Đeljošaj spoke out in response to a statement from the Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation (MESI) stating, among other things, that Đeljošaj's claim that the principal of a secondary school in Ulcinj does not speak Albanian is incorrect. The MESI made this statement in response to Đeljošaj's earlier statement stating that it is unacceptable to appoint a person who does not speak Albanian as the principal of a school in Ulcinj, stating that this is not a respect for multiethnicity, but an institutional provocation and an expression of Albanophobia.
"Minister, don't hide behind the Ministry, committees and points. This is your decision and your policy, take responsibility. I'm sorry that you mention the name of the director, a person we don't know and who is only a collateral of your policy. No school is owned by the minister or the party, but by the citizens. The explanation you give that there are not enough professional and capable people among Albanians to run a school in Ulcinj is an insult to the Albanian community. Because of such an attitude towards a people, it would be responsible for you to immediately resign from the position of minister," Đeljošaj stressed in a statement submitted by the Albanian Forum, of which he is the president.
Đeljošaj added that "it increasingly appears that the only real criterion was that the director not be Albanian."
"If so, this is a serious alarm for the entire society. And education, unfortunately, has long been the least talked about. You have turned the Ministry of Education into a company for high-rise construction and building, while educational policy remains aside. I am sure that the people of Ulcinj will not allow this. Functions are temporary, Ulcinj remains. It is smarter to withdraw this decision today than tomorrow. This will not pass. Period. Ulcinj will not be humiliated," said Đeljošaj.
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