DUI party official Artan Grubi said that the law on the use of the Albanian language, which faces serious criticism from the Venice Commission, contributes to the peace in Macedonia. Such thinly veiled threats are frequent from the ethnic Albanian party.

Grubi said that the critical opinion from the Commission, which said that the law is unworkable in the public administration and in the judiciary, are just an early draft, but also pledged that the conclusions will be respected.

We have not received the Venice Commission opinion, but whatever it may be, it will be respected. This is a draft version. The Commission welcomes the advanced linguistic rights and expresses concern only in the areas of cost of implementation. The price of peace and the equality of inter-ethnic relations is incomparable with the symbolic price of implementing a law which completes the Ohrid Framework Treaty, said Grubi.

The law turns Macedonia into a fully bilingual country, against the intention of the Constitution and the amendments adopted in Ohrid, following the 2001 civil war. President Ivanov refused to sign the law, but it was declared valid anyway.