There were Macedonians in northern Greece through the centuries, and there are Macedonians in Aegean Macedonia today as in Pirin and in Vardar, so as the president of VMRO-DPMNE says, when asked the Prime Minister which language is spoken by those who are not Greeks in northern Greece, but are Macedonians, he is ashamed or afraid to say it, although we all know that we speak the same language, presidential candidate Gordana Siljanovska Davkova said at Wednesday’s rally in Delcevo.

She stressed that she is not a nationalist, but she must say that it is not a diaspora, as it is now under the constitution.

It is their homeland, and when it comes to the use of the Macedonian language then there is no question of interfering in the internal affairs of Greece, because there is a framework agreement for the protection of minority rights and there is a concentration for regional and minority languages and it is valid for all minorities and even the Macedonian one, Siljanovska Davkova said.