ROMANY CRITICISM OF THE GOVERNMENT

The government has submitted a text in the bill to modify the minority law which is anticonstitutional, and clashes with the spirit of the equal chances law, said István Makai, president of the Romany Civil Rights Movement who called on the government with several other Romany associations to repeal the text. Mr Makai criticized the government for omitting the social dispute over the modification.

He said: ’With this the minority policy of the government has failed.’ László Teleki, state secretary for Romany affairs has supported the bill several times to filter out abuses in minority elections.

Translated By Péter Szentmihályi Szabó