• About us
  • Impressum
  • Contact
CIVIL Today
  • HOME
  • NEWSROOM
  • POLITICS
  • SOCIETY
  • OPINION
    • EDITORIAL
    • POINT OF VIEW
  • WORLD
  • WAR IN UKRAINE
    • All
    • А YEAR OF HEROISM
    • БОРОТЬБА УКРАЇНИ
    Buying time with blood: While Putin talks ‘peace’, his missiles reveal the truth

    Buying time with blood: While Putin talks ‘peace’, his missiles reveal the truth

    China’s not-so-soft power: The silent partner in Putin’s war

    China’s not-so-soft power: The silent partner in Putin’s war

    Emmanuel Dupuy: A Coalition of the Willing Must Go Beyond Europe to Rebuild Ukraine

    Emmanuel Dupuy: A Coalition of the Willing Must Go Beyond Europe to Rebuild Ukraine

    Steinacker: Ukraine Needs Protection of Its Cultural and Natural Heritage as Well

    Steinacker: Ukraine Needs Protection of Its Cultural and Natural Heritage as Well

    Errichiello: Existential Threats Require a Unified European Response

    Errichiello: Existential Threats Require a Unified European Response

    Laurette: The Battle for Public Opinion Must Be Won to Defend Europe and Ukraine

    Laurette: The Battle for Public Opinion Must Be Won to Defend Europe and Ukraine

    Ressmann: Ukraine Fights for All of Us

    Ressmann: Ukraine Fights for All of Us

    Dunda: We are living in a time of profound change – Europe’s Last Chance to Lead

    Dunda: We are living in a time of profound change – Europe’s Last Chance to Lead

    Beuster: Without a free and independent press, democracy cannot function

    Beuster: Without a free and independent press, democracy cannot function

No Result
View All Result
  • HOME
  • NEWSROOM
  • POLITICS
  • SOCIETY
  • OPINION
    • EDITORIAL
    • POINT OF VIEW
  • WORLD
  • WAR IN UKRAINE
    • All
    • А YEAR OF HEROISM
    • БОРОТЬБА УКРАЇНИ
    Buying time with blood: While Putin talks ‘peace’, his missiles reveal the truth

    Buying time with blood: While Putin talks ‘peace’, his missiles reveal the truth

    China’s not-so-soft power: The silent partner in Putin’s war

    China’s not-so-soft power: The silent partner in Putin’s war

    Emmanuel Dupuy: A Coalition of the Willing Must Go Beyond Europe to Rebuild Ukraine

    Emmanuel Dupuy: A Coalition of the Willing Must Go Beyond Europe to Rebuild Ukraine

    Steinacker: Ukraine Needs Protection of Its Cultural and Natural Heritage as Well

    Steinacker: Ukraine Needs Protection of Its Cultural and Natural Heritage as Well

    Errichiello: Existential Threats Require a Unified European Response

    Errichiello: Existential Threats Require a Unified European Response

    Laurette: The Battle for Public Opinion Must Be Won to Defend Europe and Ukraine

    Laurette: The Battle for Public Opinion Must Be Won to Defend Europe and Ukraine

    Ressmann: Ukraine Fights for All of Us

    Ressmann: Ukraine Fights for All of Us

    Dunda: We are living in a time of profound change – Europe’s Last Chance to Lead

    Dunda: We are living in a time of profound change – Europe’s Last Chance to Lead

    Beuster: Without a free and independent press, democracy cannot function

    Beuster: Without a free and independent press, democracy cannot function

No Result
View All Result
CIVIL Today
No Result
View All Result
Home MONITORING CENSUS

Skenderi: The census for the Roma is a political issue, not an ordinary statistical operation

December 23, 2021
in CENSUS, NEWSROOM, STATEMENTS
Skenderi: The census for the Roma is a political issue, not an ordinary statistical operation
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

The very decision to postpone the census, following the meeting of the political leaders of the two bigger parties, shows that we had a political, and not a statistical operation, says Suad Skenderi from Romalitico and part of the AVAJA Initiative, at the panel “Smaller ethnic communities between statistics and politics” organized by CIVIL.

“The census, for the smaller ethnic communities, particularly for the Roma, is a political issue and not just an ordinary statistical operation, as the census is actually a tool for the bigger ethnic communities for demographic engineering.

After 2001, namely, after the Framework Agreement, all policies are created according to representation of communities. That is why it is a political issue, because the bigger the number, the bigger the representation in state and public administration and other institutions”, stressed Skenderi.

He says that according to all data, there are 80.000 to 100.000 Roma in the Republic of North Macedonia.

Skenderi pointed out that they encountered a series of problems during the census.

“In Gostivar, an enumerator took photos of ID cards of citizens and filled out data at home. After the reaction of AVAJA, that enumerator was suspended and the enumeration was repeated in that place, where Macedonians, Roma and Albanians live.

A same such case is also registered in Strumica where Turks and Roma live, where in front of a store an enumerator took photos of the ID cards and entered the data at home.

In Veles, the enumerator was accompanied with agitators from the Turkish ethnic community and went from house to house to enumerate.

In Radovis we had reports from citizens that the freedom of citizens was abused, more specifically, that pressure and intimidation was carried out”, emphasized Skenderi.

He says that they reported all these cases to the State Statistical Office, but are not satisfied with the reaction.

Skenderi adds that an entire Roma neighborhood in Topaana was enumerated on the last day of the census and that there were many reports that enumerators had not at all been to some households. He says that they had received a promise from the SAO that with networking of the data, all citizens would be enumerated.

“I agree that they can do this, but how will they network the ethnic concept, isn’t that a sentiment? Can I not be one thing today, and another tomorrow? No one can impose on you the ethnic sentiment, that is, the feeling of belonging”, said Skenderi.

 

He added that during the census, the AVAJA Initiative carried out a campaign titled “Proud Roma in North Macedonia”.

Panel led by Dehran Muratov

Text editing: Diana Tahiri

Camera: Atanas Petrovski

Editing and realization: Arian Mehmeti

Translation: N. Cvetkovska 

Print Friendly, PDF & Email
Next Post
North Macedonia joins the EU combat group HELBROC

North Macedonia joins the EU combat group HELBROC

Recent News

Buying time with blood: While Putin talks ‘peace’, his missiles reveal the truth

Buying time with blood: While Putin talks ‘peace’, his missiles reveal the truth

June 3, 2025
China’s not-so-soft power: The silent partner in Putin’s war

China’s not-so-soft power: The silent partner in Putin’s war

June 1, 2025
“Give Me Five for a Better Future!” – Regional call for circular economy

“Give Me Five for a Better Future!” – Regional call for circular economy

May 31, 2025
Zekir: The woman who collected plastic bottles ignited the spark for REDI Recycling

Zekir: The woman who collected plastic bottles ignited the spark for REDI Recycling

May 31, 2025
RECYCLЕ: Second life of waste – Small step for man, big change for nature

RECYCLЕ: Second life of waste – Small step for man, big change for nature

May 30, 2025

  • About Theme
  • About us
  • ADVERTISE WITH US
  • Authors List
  • Blog
  • Cart
  • Checkout
  • Civil.Today
  • Contact
  • Contact
  • COOKIE POLICY
  • COPYRIGHT
  • Digital library
  • Edit
  • Edit Profile
  • Forum
  • FullWidth Page
  • Gallery
  • Home
  • Impressum
  • Insert Post
  • My Account
  • Pinterst Style
  • Posts
  • Pricing
  • PRIVACY POLICY
  • Resilient Journalism Countering Disinformation and Propaganda publication
  • Sample Page
  • Shop
  • ShortCodes
  • Signup Page
  • Sitemap Page
  • TERMS & CONDITIONS
  • TimeLine Blog
  • Timeline Page
  • Topics
  • Videos

© 2021 CIVIL - Center For Freedom

No Result
View All Result
  • NEWSROOM
  • POLITICS
  • SOCIETY
  • ECONOMY
  • OPINION
    • POINT OF VIEW
    • EDITORIAL
  • WORLD
  • MONITORING
  • WAR IN UKRAINE
  • About us
  • Impressum
  • Contact

© 2021 CIVIL - Center For Freedom