Many of those she met with, however, indicated that the two main religious communities in the country -- the Macedonian Orthodox Church and the Islamic community -- "wield considerable political influence and are able to make inroads to the Constitutional concept of separation of state and religion".
Ipak, mnogi sa kojima se sastala rekli su da dve najveće verske zajednice u zemlji - Makedonska pravoslavna crkva i Islamska zajednica, "imaju veliki politički uticaj i u stanju su da zadru u ustavni koncept odvojenosti države i crkve."