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Macedonian American Council – National Center Detroit
Honorable….……… In the name of the Macedonian people, all the citizens of The Republic of Macedonia, and the vast and diverse Macedonian Diaspora, we call upon you to hear our voice, recognize our plight, and take appropriate and immediate action to help us fight for our cause! In the name of democracy, the most fundamental human rights and values indispensable to all free people of our common world, we ask you to heed very carefully what we have to say: For countless generations now, we the Macedonians, the indigenous people in our homeland Macedonia have been invaded, colonized, partitioned, divided, ethnically cleansed, exiled, persecuted, killed, repressed, oppressed, blackmailed, and blockaded by all of our neighboring counties and their proxies and interests of the great powers of Europe. That unbroken stream of agony and sufferings has now reached the point of culmination by the fascist and unacceptable behavior by Greece and by their unprecedented ultimatum (seconded and facilitated by The European Union) that we commit a collective suicide by changing our millennial, historic, national, and constitutional name-MACEDONIA- and thereby transform ourselves into some unknown, unidentifiable , amorphous mass condemned to live in shame and ignominy for all eternity! Ask yourself, has there ever been such case in the history of humanity? Are you aware of the magnitude of such a monstrous act? Can you remain indifferent in the face of such a crime against humanity, such a genocide against our people? Can you live day by day upholding all the values of democracy, freedom, human rights, while tacitly condoning Greece’s demands upon us? Can you stand by, impassive in the halls and corridors of your parliaments and democratic institutions and allow Greece to subvert, pervert, and trample the most sacred of all rights of any civilized culture: The right of a country, a nation, and its people to self-determination, freedom, dignity, and integrity! No you cannot! No, you cannot remain blind, deaf, and indifferent, lest you subvert the very foundations upon which your own societies have been built! In the name of the basic principles of democracy and human rights, which are embedded in the very foundations of your own countries, of your own societies, you must act now and put a stop to Greece’s genocidal actions against Macedonia and our Macedonian people. You have a moral and legal obligation to help us save Macedonia, because if we save Macedonia we shall save the values upon which all the civilized and democratic world rests! But if you do not, you will become an accomplice in this horrible genocidal crime, which you will have facilitated. We the Macedonian people do most solemnly declare that it is an honor and a blessing to be a Macedonian; that we shall defend and protect our sacred, ancient ancestral name-MACEDONIA-; that we shall guard and preserve our Macedonian heritage, our Macedonian language, culture, folklore, traditions and faith by all means necessary! So long as the rivers run in Macedonia, so long as the sun shines above our sky and horizon, so long as the fire burns in our ancestral hearths, so long as the industrious hands of our Macedonian men and women are able to eke life and bread from our Macedonian soil, so long our generations shall live in Macedonia, shall speak our Macedonian language, and shall pray in our churches for peace, love and understanding of all people in the world! For we, the Macedonian people have a sacred obligation to our ancestors and descendants to preserve Macedonia for all the future generations to live free with pride honour and dignity alongside all the other people in the free world. Macedonia is our name, identity, pride, and dignity and nobody has the right to deny us that right! To those who dare do so we say: Who are you to tell us who we are and what we are? WE are Macedonians! There has never been a time when we have not been, nor will there ever be a time when we shall not be! We refuse to live in a world in which there is no Macedonia and Macedonian people, and those, who in any way partake in the insidious attempt to wipe us off the face of the earth, we shall hold responsible for all the consequences of their ignominious action. Long Live Macedonia! Long live the Macedonian People! We remember, and never forget who we are and what we are! POMNI / Prof. Nestor Oginar, President Dr.Stojadin Naumovski Vice President World Macedonian Congress / Todor Petrov
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