After the Venice Commission had negative remarks about the Law on Languages, the Constitutional Court began to wake up. The court accepted Tuesday the initiative of the Levica party to assess the constitutionality of the law, which has been the subject of inter-party sparring these days.

The Constitutional Court informed Levica that the case had been filed and that the proceedings were in the final stages. But there is no exact date when it will be considered by constitutional judges. Levica’s initiative was filed back in February, and only after the party reacted did it come under review.

In the explanation to the court, Levica, as the applicant, stated that the Law on Languages was adopted with gross violation of all the Rules of Procedure in Parliament and published without the signature of the President. According to Levica, the European flag was used and misused on this law to avoid widespread debate.

Levica points out that the idea of bilingualism undermines the unitary character of the state, systematically segregates the people, and moreover the implementation of this law will have major financial implications and will be a serious burden for the institutions.

In addition to Levica’s initiative, eight more motions on the Law on Languages are pending before the Constitutional Court. Most of them are from lawyers, but there are also from VMRO-DPMNE, Solza Grceva, Jove Kekenovski and the World Macedonian Congress. For all of them, the Constitutional Court has not yet stated whether it will put them on the agenda.