The last homage were paid at the Albanian Democratic Party headquarters. The procession continued to the main square of Tetovo, where citizens joined the crowd to honor the Albanian political and intellectual.
Thousands of citizens were present, together with high rank politicians from Macedonia, Albania and Kosovo.
The Cultural Palace in Kosovo held a ceremony where was commemorated the life and the works of Arben Xhaferri. The leader of the Albanian Democratic Party, Menduh Thaci, declared that with the death of Xhaferri died a great Albanian heart in Macedonia.
“It’s true what I have always said. This is the first text that I am writing on my own. All further text that I have read in public have been written by Arben Xhaferri. Speaking about Arben Xhaferri in these difficult moments for everyone might be difficult, because his life speaks for him, his work, his devotion and vision that he had for the Albanians wherever they live. The love and respect of Arben Xhaferri leave marks in our hearts and thoughts. He will always be in my heart, the heart of the Albanian Democratic Party and the heart of all Albanians”, declared the leader of the Albanian Democratic Party almost in tears.
With the death of Arben Xhaferri, his family has lost a guide while the Albanians have lost their reference point, declared Vjosa Xhaferri, the niece of the late. “No one more than us, your close people, know your idealism. You were among the people who gave more than they took, same as the renaissance men but in another period. Together with your family today are the friends, the collaborators and the politicians”.
The former leader of the Democratic Party of Albania, Arben Xhaferri, died this Wednesday after a cerebral hemorrhage.
He was treated at the Neurology Clinic of Skopje for seven days and even underwent a special treatment, but without success. E commemorative meeting was held at the Tetovo Palace of Culture, while the funeral was held at 13:30.
Xhaferri was born in Tetovo on 24 January 1948. He graduated in the Tetovo high school and the Belgrade University. He has worked until 1990 at the Prishtina Radio Television for the cultural program.
He was elected for the first time as MP in the second Parliamentary elections in Macedonia, as leader of the Democratic Party. In 2001 he was among the figures who signed the Ochrid Agreement. Xhaferri has been considered as one of the biggest Albanian intellectuals.
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