The Democratic Union for Integration (DUI) has raised several concerns regarding a recent leadership meeting focused on a “new social contract,” questioning its legitimacy, inclusivity, and potential implications for the country’s constitutional model and inter-ethnic relations. The DUI statement poses a series of questions centered around the absence of Albanian representatives at the meeting, the criteria for participation, and the potential for mono-ethnic state modeling.

The party questions whether ethnicity, rather than democratic legitimacy, was the determining factor for participation in the negotiations. The DUI also inquires whether the meeting signifies the beginning of a post-Ohrid redrawing of the constitutional model of North Macedonia and whether the “new social contract” represents a continuation of the coalition between certain political figures. The DUI demands to know why no representative from the Albanian community, whether from the government or the opposition, was present at the meeting, given the discussion of the state’s future order.

Furthermore, the DUI speculates whether the meeting is an attempt to establish a new political hierarchy based on ethnicity, excluding Albanians from essential decision-making processes. The party also raises concerns about the potential for mutual protection from political and legal responsibility, referencing the tragedies in Kochani and Tetovo. The statement concludes by questioning whether Albanian parties were consulted about the meeting and whether their role has been reduced to silent observers. The DUI seeks clarification on whether the Macedonian part of the government has already agreed to form working groups with the ethnic Macedonian opposition to define the “new agreement,” and demands a clear position from Albanian parties on this “mono-ethnic tailoring” of the state’s future.