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Coordination Council “United round the flag” has decided to organize a peaceful, democratic and dignified gathering on the occasion of the 28 November, flag day, at the Skanderbeg square in Skopje. Therefore, we call upon all citizens to join us on Wednesday, 28 November 2007 at 17:00.

We also call upon the citizens, on this holy day for the Albanian community, to hoist their national flags in their homes, apartments, offices and their cars and those who do not have a flag can come to the office of Wake Up! in order to get one for free. The Coordination Council is also preparing a new Law on the usage of the flag, or changes and supplements to the existing law, which will be presented to the MPs in the Parliament of Macedonia for further procedure.

Dear all, we are pleased to inform you that during the month of November, our next guest in the project "Dialogue with Wake Up!" will be Mr. Ali Ahmeti, President of the Democratic Union for Integration.

Please send all your questions to this e-mail address:

Upon an initiative of Civic Movement Wake Up!, the first meeting of the coordination body under the motto "United round the flag" was held on 3 November 2007 in Skopje. Representatives of Civic Movement Wake Up!, Democratic Union for Integration (DUI), Party for Democratic Prosperity (PDP), National Democratic Union (NDU), Democratic Union of Albanians (DUA), National Alternative (NA), legal experts, and representatives of several NGO’s are members of this body.

The goal of the coordination body is to build a joint strategy of democratic activities in order to protect the Albanian national flag following the latest decision of the Constitutional Court to suspend some provisions from the Law on Communities’ Flags.

The coordination body strongly disagrees with the decision of the Constitutional Court and considers that it was a political and anti-Albanian decision and endangers the achievements of the country in accomplishing equality between the citizens of Macedonia and risks damaging the confidence between the communities in our society.

Civil and political representatives of the Albanians in Macedonia use this opportunity to remind all that the path of Macedonia towards united Europe and NATO passes through Ohrid, i.e. the correct implementation of the letter and spirit of the Ohrid Framework Agreement.

Therefore, the participants in this body call upon the  citizens , central and local institutions, NGOs, media, students, etc, to join us in condemning the ignorance of the multiethnic character of the country as a stabilizing factor by the Constitutional Court, to self-restraint and not to become victims of anti-Albanian conspiracies as well as to support the unified strategy of democratic activities to protect the flag.

Dear all,

Civic Movement Wake Up! has the honor to inform you about its next project “Dialogue with Wake Up!”, which will start on 18 October 2007. our first interlocutor will be Mr. Bardhyl Mahmuti, President of the Democratic Union of Albanians. The project is designed so it creates an open forum for the civil society with attractive interlocutors of different occupations. Everyone can ask our guests and we hope to influence in developing a fruitful conversation and contribute in the establishment of a proper dialogue in our society.

Questions for Mr. Bardhul Mahmuti can be send to and we promise to publish the answers in our forum www.zgjohu.com.mk/forum