The Albanian parliament raises its voice against the arrest of the leaders of the University of Tetovo For the first time, an Albanian political institution condemns the action of the Macedonian government against the leaders of the University of Tetovo. For a long time, the discriminatory attitudes of the Macedonian government toward the Albanians living there, by denying them even such a right as education in their mother tongue, had caused concern and indignation in Albanian political circles on both sides of the border. Even more surprising were the passive attitudes of official Tirana, which should have openly condemned such anachronistic positions from Skopje, which with regard to Albanians continues to keep alive the spirit of political imprisonments from the communist period. Likewise, the official Albanian circles have not made the necessary efforts with international institutions to seek their support in defending Albanian rights. In this way, the Albanians of Macedonia have felt betrayed, lacking concrete backing from the current government. The Republican Party, for its part, has not only expressed solidarity with the just demands of the Albanians of Macedonia, but has also denounced the passivity of the Albanian government toward the repeated violations of Albanians’ rights by the Macedonian authorities. The resolution of the Albanian parliament approved yesterday, condemning the arrests of the rector of the University of Tetovo, Mr. Fadil Sulejmani, and the chairman of the Senate of that university, Mr. Milaim Fejziu, should be viewed as a very important step regarding the political positions of official Tirana concerning the problem of the Albanians of Macedonia. From now on Skopje must understand that the position of official Tirana, according to which "Macedonian-Albanian relations will also depend on the treatment by the Macedonian authorities of the Albanians of Macedonia," is something tangible and concrete. But it is very important that this step be undertaken by our parliament and by other similar parliaments and governments, and also by the Albanian government and parliament, and thus it deserves value as the first institution to have understood that government rights are closely linked to the principles that will protect their actions against Albanians in Macedonia. In all this, the voice of Albanians must be crystallized, something that has been missing until now.