By Naveed Qazi | Editor, Globe Upfront Political theatrics appeared in the Macedonian senate in April 2017, when people wearing balaclavas and draped in the yellow and red flag of their country exchanged punches with another group of men dressed in shirts. Scenes had translated from war of words to fighting. These rebels were supporters of Macedonian Conservative party, who were protesting against the appointment of its first ethnic Albanian parliamentary speaker, Talaat Xhaferi. Macedonian 2016 protests, also known as ‘Colourful Revolution’ have inflated the crises this year. Last year, European countries such as Italy, Serbia, Germany, Bulgaria and Croatia had called for peace. The ongoing protests have triggered new ethnic tensions and constitutional crises. Hundreds of protesters, some of them armed and masked people, had stormed the Senate building and attacked representatives, displaying an unprecedented form of anarchy. Police, in retaliation, had thrown stun grenades to...