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The Ohrid Framework Agreement (2001), which was designed to
preserve the territorial integrity of Macedonia and meet the demands of the
Albanians for constitutional and legal changes in order to achieve equality
between Albanians and Macedonians, even though initially it was considered
to be a success not only for Macedonia, but also an example of diplomacy,
resulting in stability in this part of the region, did not resolve some of the
concrete issues which were to be resolved in order to maintain the country‘s
unity and carry its Euro-Atlantic integration forward. Through a case study,
an analysis of the legislation approach is conducted on the use of national
symbols, such as using flags of ethnic communities. It is a sure thing that,
adopting the Law on languages, national symbols and the ―authentic
interpretation‖ of the Amnesty Law were part of a ―political agreement
between coalition partners VMRO-DPMNE – BDI.‖ Also, the resocialization
of former NLA fighters is an integral part of the process of
mutual reestablishment of trust between the Albanians and Macedonians.
But, unfortunately, everything remains at a moral level of a private concern,
and not that of institutional concern. Even the new Constitution of
Macedonia has not only defined the domination of the Macedonian people in
its Preamble (where the country is described as a state of the Macedonian
people and then as parts of other people), in addition to defining the
Macedonian language as an official state language while the Macedonian
Orthodox Church is defined differently. The model of ―power-sharing
agreement,‖ now shows an example of weak institutionalization of
consensual democracy. There is a constant call from Brussels and US for the necessity of reforms and the implementation of the Ohrid Agreement,
because without their implementation and without political stability, no
economic program can bring progress to the country. Open issues should be
resolved successfully, and then progress could be made. If Macedonia fails
to respect its agreements, then it misses chances to open the doors to NATO
and European Union membership.