Should Eritrea have an official language or languages. Vote Yes, No or Abstain as your first word of your take on this item. You may then, if you elect to do so, continue to justify your vote in a paragraph of less than 200 words. If “Yes” gets the majority, expect another item later on: Which language or languages should be the official language/s. If “No” gets the majority, the alternative to not having an official language would be to treat all Eritrean languages as equal/all official. In this case, expect another item later on. That item will intend to develop a better understanding of the notion of equality of all Eritrean languages.
Should Eritrea have an official language or languages?
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Yes, so I vote. For a poor country such as Eritrea, it is not practical not to have an official language. The challenge is more so if the alternative is, as the Speaker pointed out, to treat all Eritrean languages as equal. However, to the section on the constitution on official language, a provision could be added that obligates the government to provide an interpreter, free of charge, for any citizen who does not speak the official language/s of the country.
No, so I vote. Eritrea should avoid designating any of its languages as official. All native languages of the country, the languages of the nine ethnic groups, should all equally be official. Designating one may not be acceptable to the rest who do not speak it as their first language.
Yes, so I vote. For the sake of political correctness, we should not ignore practicability for we live in the reality. Ideals that we could not implement are not good.