Post by wbb on Mar 17, 2008 2:49:51 GMT -5
The Magyars from Romania celebrated March 15 still thinking to autonomy
The community celebrated on Saturday the Day of the Magyars Worldwide, and also the commemoration of the heroes of the Hungarian Revolution from 1848. In several cities people organised demonstrations and laid wreaths. The unpleasant events were also pres
The two representatives of the Magyar community, The Democratic Union of the Magyars from Romania (UDMR) and the recently established Magyar Civic Party (PCM), celebrated separately this event. While the leader of the Union, Marko Bela, chose Targu Mures as the place where the events were held, PCM president, Szasz Jeno, preferred the city of Odorheiu Secuiesc, whose mayor he is. Although the discourses of the Magyar leaders have been more level-headed this year compared to the previous ones, the territorial autonomy continued to be one of the favourite issues of the Magyar ethnic people.
Thus, Marko Bela declared that UDMR does not want to dismantle the country through autonomy, as some leaders from Bucharest say, they want to develop Transylvania and the Szeklers’ County. “It is not accidental that we want this year a new Magyar mayor for Targu Mures, and that a minister (Laszlo Borbely – editor’s note) embarked on the electoral competition. It is nice and useful to be a minister in Bucharest, but it is more important to be a mayor at Targu Mures,” he said. The UDMR leader also stressed that at least one and a half million of Magyars live today in Romania, and, therefore, he says, “Transylvania is also ours.” “Transylvania is not exclusively Romanian, nor exclusively Magyar, Transylvania is our common country. Everybody should know it,” added Marko, applauded by the around 5,000 demonstrators.
He stressed that what has not been taken back so far, will be obtained in the future and the Magyars will not be second rate citizens on their own land. On another hand, Marko Bela criticized the fact that in Bucharest, in the Parliament of Romania, it is still impossible to speak Magyar, while in Brussels, in the European Parliament this is possible: “I should not be misunderstood: I do not want necessarily to speak Magyar in Bucharest, in Parliament, although this would not be such a calamity, I rather do not want our affairs, our daily problems to be solved there, but here, locally. (…) This means autonomy!”
Laszlo Borbely: “There is no storm to drive us out of Targu Mures”
Present at the event, the executive vice-president of UDMR, Laszlo Borbely, launched an appeal to the unity of the Magyars worldwide, “regardless of situation.” Borbely stressed that “There is no storm to drive us out of this place, there is no storm to evict us from Targu Mures because we are at home.” The UDMR vice-president attended on Saturday, after the manifestations of the Unions dedicated to the Magyars’ Day, also those of PCM. He told the PCM leaders that he would like to initiate a dialogue with them, without specifying however which are the issues to be approached in such a discussion. In a rather cooler speech than on other occasions, the PCM leader Szesz Jeno declared on Saturday, in front of the around 1,500 participants to the events organized at Odorheiu Secuiesc, that the present day Magyars need the same things as those from 1848, respectively morale, identity and honour. In exchange, the MEP Tokes Laszlo asked the Magyars rallied in Balcescu Park at Oradea to cast this year their vote only for the politicians who militate openly for autonomy and self-management. Tokes reiterated his invitation addressed to UDMR to a dialogue with PCM, suggesting however that, if collaboration is not possible, he will urge the Magyar communities to vote for PCM.
Gov’t greets the celebration of March 15
The Government from Bucharest greets the celebration of March 15, an important date in the history of the Hungarian nation, reads the message addressed on this occasion by Premier Calin Popescu Tariceanu to the Magyar community from Romania. The Head of the Executive mentions that in 1848 the Romanians and the Magyars were united by the ideal of freedom, while in 2008 they are united by the accomplishments and the other objectives that all the citizens of Romania have proposed for themselves in their new capacity of citizens of the European Union.
A young man from the magyar ethnic group aggressed by a band of unknown persons
As expected, the unpleasant incidents did not miss. A young men from the Magyar ethnic group was aggressed at Cluj-Napoca, the incident taking place a few hundreds of meters away from Mihai Viteazu square, where the meeting of the organization “The New Right from Cluj” was organized. The aggressed young man was admitted to hospital. He says that at least one of the youth who aggressed him was a member of the New Right, because he was wearing a scarf with the insignia of this organization. “I was beaten by the Romanians from the New Right,” complained the man, announcing that he would file a criminal complaint against them. Cluj officers have already identified the main suspects in the case of the aggression, two youth of 17 and respectively 18 years. They were taken in custody for the offence of robbery. According to the early research, they had hit the young man of Magyar origin on his face and body, and then dispossessed him of the flag with the insignia of the Hungarian Republic. The president of the organization The New Right from Cluj, Alexandru Santu, declared that the organization headed by him delimits itself from the incident with the young Magyar. UDMR Cluj reproached the mayor of the city, Emil Boc, that he authorized the meeting of the New Right. The demonstrations of this organization took place not only in Cluj, they were organized also in Bucharest, where over 100 youth, members of this organization, protested against the “claim” of the Magyars from the Szeklers’ County to become autonomous, requesting President Traian Basescu to call CSAT “in order to take a stand over this situation.”
PCM officially registered
The Bucharest Court of Appeal has admitted on Friday the registration request from the Magyar Civic Party – Magyar Polgari Part (PCM – MPP). The magistrates have thus turned down the appeal with which the prosecutor’s office contested the Court decision that admitted the registration of the party with its Hungarian language name. Szasz Jeno, the PCM leader, has stated that only now, following the party’s registration, do the Magyars enjoy democracy and political pluralism, since they have the possibility of choosing from among their representatives.
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The community celebrated on Saturday the Day of the Magyars Worldwide, and also the commemoration of the heroes of the Hungarian Revolution from 1848. In several cities people organised demonstrations and laid wreaths. The unpleasant events were also pres
The two representatives of the Magyar community, The Democratic Union of the Magyars from Romania (UDMR) and the recently established Magyar Civic Party (PCM), celebrated separately this event. While the leader of the Union, Marko Bela, chose Targu Mures as the place where the events were held, PCM president, Szasz Jeno, preferred the city of Odorheiu Secuiesc, whose mayor he is. Although the discourses of the Magyar leaders have been more level-headed this year compared to the previous ones, the territorial autonomy continued to be one of the favourite issues of the Magyar ethnic people.
Thus, Marko Bela declared that UDMR does not want to dismantle the country through autonomy, as some leaders from Bucharest say, they want to develop Transylvania and the Szeklers’ County. “It is not accidental that we want this year a new Magyar mayor for Targu Mures, and that a minister (Laszlo Borbely – editor’s note) embarked on the electoral competition. It is nice and useful to be a minister in Bucharest, but it is more important to be a mayor at Targu Mures,” he said. The UDMR leader also stressed that at least one and a half million of Magyars live today in Romania, and, therefore, he says, “Transylvania is also ours.” “Transylvania is not exclusively Romanian, nor exclusively Magyar, Transylvania is our common country. Everybody should know it,” added Marko, applauded by the around 5,000 demonstrators.
He stressed that what has not been taken back so far, will be obtained in the future and the Magyars will not be second rate citizens on their own land. On another hand, Marko Bela criticized the fact that in Bucharest, in the Parliament of Romania, it is still impossible to speak Magyar, while in Brussels, in the European Parliament this is possible: “I should not be misunderstood: I do not want necessarily to speak Magyar in Bucharest, in Parliament, although this would not be such a calamity, I rather do not want our affairs, our daily problems to be solved there, but here, locally. (…) This means autonomy!”
Laszlo Borbely: “There is no storm to drive us out of Targu Mures”
Present at the event, the executive vice-president of UDMR, Laszlo Borbely, launched an appeal to the unity of the Magyars worldwide, “regardless of situation.” Borbely stressed that “There is no storm to drive us out of this place, there is no storm to evict us from Targu Mures because we are at home.” The UDMR vice-president attended on Saturday, after the manifestations of the Unions dedicated to the Magyars’ Day, also those of PCM. He told the PCM leaders that he would like to initiate a dialogue with them, without specifying however which are the issues to be approached in such a discussion. In a rather cooler speech than on other occasions, the PCM leader Szesz Jeno declared on Saturday, in front of the around 1,500 participants to the events organized at Odorheiu Secuiesc, that the present day Magyars need the same things as those from 1848, respectively morale, identity and honour. In exchange, the MEP Tokes Laszlo asked the Magyars rallied in Balcescu Park at Oradea to cast this year their vote only for the politicians who militate openly for autonomy and self-management. Tokes reiterated his invitation addressed to UDMR to a dialogue with PCM, suggesting however that, if collaboration is not possible, he will urge the Magyar communities to vote for PCM.
Gov’t greets the celebration of March 15
The Government from Bucharest greets the celebration of March 15, an important date in the history of the Hungarian nation, reads the message addressed on this occasion by Premier Calin Popescu Tariceanu to the Magyar community from Romania. The Head of the Executive mentions that in 1848 the Romanians and the Magyars were united by the ideal of freedom, while in 2008 they are united by the accomplishments and the other objectives that all the citizens of Romania have proposed for themselves in their new capacity of citizens of the European Union.
A young man from the magyar ethnic group aggressed by a band of unknown persons
As expected, the unpleasant incidents did not miss. A young men from the Magyar ethnic group was aggressed at Cluj-Napoca, the incident taking place a few hundreds of meters away from Mihai Viteazu square, where the meeting of the organization “The New Right from Cluj” was organized. The aggressed young man was admitted to hospital. He says that at least one of the youth who aggressed him was a member of the New Right, because he was wearing a scarf with the insignia of this organization. “I was beaten by the Romanians from the New Right,” complained the man, announcing that he would file a criminal complaint against them. Cluj officers have already identified the main suspects in the case of the aggression, two youth of 17 and respectively 18 years. They were taken in custody for the offence of robbery. According to the early research, they had hit the young man of Magyar origin on his face and body, and then dispossessed him of the flag with the insignia of the Hungarian Republic. The president of the organization The New Right from Cluj, Alexandru Santu, declared that the organization headed by him delimits itself from the incident with the young Magyar. UDMR Cluj reproached the mayor of the city, Emil Boc, that he authorized the meeting of the New Right. The demonstrations of this organization took place not only in Cluj, they were organized also in Bucharest, where over 100 youth, members of this organization, protested against the “claim” of the Magyars from the Szeklers’ County to become autonomous, requesting President Traian Basescu to call CSAT “in order to take a stand over this situation.”
PCM officially registered
The Bucharest Court of Appeal has admitted on Friday the registration request from the Magyar Civic Party – Magyar Polgari Part (PCM – MPP). The magistrates have thus turned down the appeal with which the prosecutor’s office contested the Court decision that admitted the registration of the party with its Hungarian language name. Szasz Jeno, the PCM leader, has stated that only now, following the party’s registration, do the Magyars enjoy democracy and political pluralism, since they have the possibility of choosing from among their representatives.
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